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

[Will Deacon]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:42:01 -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.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/misc), thanks!

[1/1] arm64: Mark kernel as tainted on SAE and SError panic
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/d7ce7e3a8464

Cheers,
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Will

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