On Mittwoch 14 Januar 2009, David Relson wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:01:28 +0100 > > Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > > 2009/1/14 David Relson <rel...@osagesoftware.com>: > > > I noticed the "taint" message and don't think that's right. How do > > > I identify the tainted module? > > > > Jan 13 21:35:04 osage Pid: 13119, comm: rrdtool Tainted: G D W > > 2.6.28-gentoo #11 > > > > rrdtool? > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Daniel > > Attached is the full /var/log/messages from the reboot (Jan 13 > 22:26:17) to: > > Jan 14 02:26:21 osage BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference > at 0000000000000010 > > lines 738&739 are timestamped 02:26:21, list the modules linked in, and > says "Not tainted". lines 778&779 also timestamped 02:26:21, list the > modules linked in, and says "Tainted". > > The modules listed in lines 738 and 778 are identical. > > What the heck? How does the kernel go from "Not tainted" to "Tainted" > in less than a second while generating BUG messages? > > Can a program, i.e. rrdtool, be tainted? I'd not think so since the > program is in user space, not kernel space. > > Regards, > > David
AFAIK a kernel is tainted after the first bug/ooops. Am I wrong?
