Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:06:27 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] selftests: Add a taint selftest |
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On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 09:19:58PM +0000, Andrew Delgadilo wrote: > From: Andrew Delgadillo <adelg@google.com> > > When testing a kernel, one of the earliest signals one can get is if a > kernel has become tainted. For example, an organization might be > interested in mass testing commits on their hardware. An obvious first > step would be to make sure every commit boots, and a next step would be > to make sure there are no warnings/crashes/lockups, hence the utility of > a taint test.
What's wrong with the tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint script?
Why do we need another "get what the taint status is" program?
thanks,
greg k-h
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