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>
diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
index e315599..beefb9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@
14: 'E' if an unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting
module signature.
+ 15: 'L' if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
+
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