Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: Mark kernel as tainted on SAE and SError panic

[Breno Leitao]

Hello Mark,

On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 11:19:38AM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 02:42:01AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > Set TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK when SError or Synchronous External Abort (SEA)
> > interrupts trigger a panic to flag potential hardware faults. This
> > tainting mechanism aids in debugging and enables correlation of
> > hardware-related crashes in large-scale deployments.
> > 
> > This change aligns with similar patches[1] that mark machine check
> > events when the system crashes due to hardware errors.
> > 
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250702-add_tain-v1-1-9187b10914b9@xxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
> > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Also taint the kernel on Synchronous External Abort panics (Will Deacon)
> > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250714-vmcore_hw_error-v1-1-8cf45edb6334@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> I think something went wrong when respinning this patch, because the v1
> link above is incorrect, and should be:
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20250710-arm_serror-v1-1-2a3def3740d7@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> The Cc header for this posting matches that of the unrelated patch (and
> excludes Will, Catalin, etc), rather than that of the real v1. The
> change-id trailer also doesn't match v1.
> 
> The actual patch and commit message look fine to me, so:

Sorry about it, it was totally my mess with b4 on two different
machines/branches. I've been testing it on a arm64 hosts that
has no email access. When I picked the patch into the machine with
email, I messed up where to cherry pick and branches.
 
> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> 
> I assume that Will or Catalin will be happy to pick this up. I've added
> those missing folk to this reply, so I don't imagine this should need a
> respin.

Thanks. I will not respin then (unless requested).

Sorry for the mess,
--breno