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authorJosh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>2014-08-08 14:22:31 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-08 15:57:24 -0700
commit69361eef9056b0babb507798c2135ad1572f0ef7 (patch)
tree59a63cc2f670926a7b9394533bbc9d3e379fc258 /Documentation/sysctl
parent1da85fdff55da539fbe9c270689a7bcedead1cdd (diff)
downloadlinux-69361eef9056b0babb507798c2135ad1572f0ef7.tar.bz2
panic: add TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP
This taint flag will be set if the system has ever entered a softlockup state. Similar to TAINT_WARN it is useful to know whether or not the system has been in a softlockup state when debugging. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: apply the taint before calling panic()] Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index c14374e71775..f79eb9666379 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ can be ORed together:
4096 - An out-of-tree module has been loaded.
8192 - An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module
signature.
+16384 - A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
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