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author | Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> | 2019-01-08 22:40:07 +0300 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-01-09 02:33:47 +0300 |
commit | 896dd323abbf6a9980d8aca2656b6c4bf5352c3b (patch) | |
tree | b640e8cd5112db716c9e87fa4ef014eca2a56c70 /tools/Makefile | |
parent | 4ab5a5d2a4a2289c2af07accbec7170ca5671f41 (diff) | |
download | linux-896dd323abbf6a9980d8aca2656b6c4bf5352c3b.tar.xz |
docs: Revamp tainted-kernels.rst to make it more comprehensible
Add a section about decoding /proc/sys/kernel/tainted, create a more
understandable intro and a hopefully explain better the tainted flags in
bugs, oops or panics messages. Only thing missing then is a table that
quickly describes the various bits and taint flags before going into more
detail, so add that as well.
That table is partly based on a section from Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt,
but a bit more compact. To avoid confusion I added the shortened version to
kernel.txt; the same table is used in three different places now:
./tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint,
Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst and
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
During review of v1 (see above) a number of existing issues with the text
were raised, like outdated usages as well as incomplete or missing
descriptions. Address most of those as well.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
[jc: tightened up changelog]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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