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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


  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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