From: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>,
Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: live-patching@vger.kernel.org, kpatch@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 08:39:07 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1415284748-14648-2-git-send-email-sjenning@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1415284748-14648-1-git-send-email-sjenning@redhat.com>
This adds a new taint flag to indicate when the kernel or a kernel
module has been live patched. This will provide a clean indication in
bug reports that live patching was used.
Additionally, if the crash occurs in a live patched function, the live
patch module will appear beside the patched function in the backtrace.
Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/oops-tracing.txt | 2 ++
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 1 +
include/linux/kernel.h | 1 +
kernel/panic.c | 2 ++
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
index beefb9f..f3ac05c 100644
--- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
15: 'L' if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
+ 16: 'K' if the kernel has been live patched.
+
The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index d7fc4ab..085f73b 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ can be ORed together:
8192 - An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module
signature.
16384 - A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
+32768 - The kernel has been live patched.
==============================================================
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 446d76a..a6aa2df 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
#define TAINT_OOT_MODULE 12
#define TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE 13
#define TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 14
+#define TAINT_LIVEPATCH 15
extern const char hex_asc[];
#define hex_asc_lo(x) hex_asc[((x) & 0x0f)]
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index d09dc5c..46bca3d 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
{ TAINT_OOT_MODULE, 'O', ' ' },
{ TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE, 'E', ' ' },
{ TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP, 'L', ' ' },
+ { TAINT_LIVEPATCH, 'K', ' ' },
};
/**
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
* 'I' - Working around severe firmware bug.
* 'O' - Out-of-tree module has been loaded.
* 'E' - Unsigned module has been loaded.
+ * 'K' - Kernel has been live patched.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted().
*/
--
1.9.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-06 14:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-06 14:39 [PATCH 0/2] Kernel Live Patching Seth Jennings
2014-11-06 14:39 ` Seth Jennings [this message]
2014-11-09 20:19 ` [PATCH 1/2] kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH Greg KH
2014-11-11 14:54 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-06 14:39 ` [PATCH 2/2] kernel: add support for live patching Seth Jennings
2014-11-06 15:11 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-11-06 16:20 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-06 16:32 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-06 18:00 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-06 22:20 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-11-07 12:50 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-07 13:13 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-11-07 13:22 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-07 14:57 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-06 15:51 ` Jiri Slaby
2014-11-06 16:57 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-06 17:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-07 18:21 ` Petr Mladek
2014-11-07 20:31 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-30 12:23 ` Pavel Machek
2014-12-01 16:49 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-06 20:02 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-11-06 20:19 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-07 17:13 ` module notifier: was " Petr Mladek
2014-11-07 18:07 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-07 18:40 ` Petr Mladek
2014-11-07 18:55 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-11 19:40 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-11 22:17 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-11-11 22:48 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-07 17:39 ` more patches for the same func: " Petr Mladek
2014-11-07 21:54 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-07 19:40 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-11-07 19:42 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-07 19:52 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-10 10:08 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-11-10 17:31 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-13 10:16 ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-13 14:38 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-13 17:12 ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-14 13:30 ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-14 14:52 ` Petr Mladek
2014-11-06 18:44 ` [PATCH 0/2] Kernel Live Patching Christoph Hellwig
2014-11-06 18:51 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-06 18:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-11-06 19:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-06 19:49 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-11-06 20:02 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-07 7:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-11-07 7:45 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-11-06 20:24 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-07 7:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-11-07 13:11 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-07 14:04 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-07 15:45 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-07 21:27 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-08 3:45 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-08 8:07 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-10 17:09 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-11 9:05 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-11 17:45 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-11 1:24 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2014-11-11 10:26 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-12 17:33 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2014-11-12 21:47 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-13 15:56 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2014-11-13 16:38 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-18 12:47 ` Petr Mladek
2014-11-18 18:58 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-07 12:31 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-07 12:48 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2014-11-07 13:06 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-09 20:16 ` Greg KH
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