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diff --git a/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint new file mode 100755 index 000000000000..2240cb56e6e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint @@ -0,0 +1,202 @@ +#! /bin/sh +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +# +# Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, 2018 +# Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>, 2018 + +usage() +{ + cat <<EOF +usage: ${0##*/} + ${0##*/} <int> + +Call without parameters to decode /proc/sys/kernel/tainted. + +Call with a positive integer as parameter to decode a value you +retrieved from /proc/sys/kernel/tainted on another system. + +EOF +} + +if [ "$1"x != "x" ]; then + if [ "$1"x == "--helpx" ] || [ "$1"x == "-hx" ] ; then + usage + exit 1 + elif [ $1 -ge 0 ] 2>/dev/null ; then + taint=$1 + else + echo "Error: Parameter '$1' not a positive interger. Aborting." >&2 + exit 1 + fi +else + TAINTFILE="/proc/sys/kernel/tainted" + if [ ! -r $TAINTFILE ]; then + echo "No file: $TAINTFILE" + exit + fi + + taint=`cat $TAINTFILE` +fi + +if [ $taint -eq 0 ]; then + echo "Kernel not Tainted" + exit +else + echo "Kernel is \"tainted\" for the following reasons:" +fi + +T=$taint +out= + +addout() { + out=$out$1 +} + +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout "G" +else + addout "P" + echo " * proprietary module was loaded (#0)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "F" + echo " * module was force loaded (#1)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "S" + echo " * SMP kernel oops on an officially SMP incapable processor (#2)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "R" + echo " * module was force unloaded (#3)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "M" + echo " * processor reported a Machine Check Exception (MCE) (#4)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "B" + echo " * bad page referenced or some unexpected page flags (#5)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "U" + echo " * taint requested by userspace application (#6)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "D" + echo " * kernel died recently, i.e. there was an OOPS or BUG (#7)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "A" + echo " * an ACPI table was overridden by user (#8)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "W" + echo " * kernel issued warning (#9)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "C" + echo " * staging driver was loaded (#10)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "I" + echo " * workaround for bug in platform firmware applied (#11)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "O" + echo " * externally-built ('out-of-tree') module was loaded (#12)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "E" + echo " * unsigned module was loaded (#13)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "L" + echo " * soft lockup occurred (#14)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "K" + echo " * kernel has been live patched (#15)" +fi + +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "X" + echo " * auxiliary taint, defined for and used by distros (#16)" + +fi +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "T" + echo " * kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin (#17)" +fi + +echo "For a more detailed explanation of the various taint flags see" +echo " Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst in the the Linux kernel sources" +echo " or https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html" +echo "Raw taint value as int/string: $taint/'$out'" +#EOF# |