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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000
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Adding upstream version 5.10.209.upstream/5.10.209upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+#! /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#