Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 May 2020 15:21:41 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/15] net: taint when the device driver firmware crashes |
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On Sat, 9 May 2020 18:01:51 -0700 Shannon Nelson <snelson@pensando.io> wrote:
> If the driver is able to detect that the device firmware has come back > alive, through user intervention or whatever, should there be a way to > "untaint" the kernel? Or would you expect it to remain tainted?
The only way to untaint a kernel is a reboot. A taint just means "something happened to this kernel since it was booted". It's used as a hint, and that's all.
I agree with the other comments in this thread. Use devlink health or whatever tool to look further into causes. But from what I see here, this code is "good enough" for a taint.
-- Steve
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