centos man page for add_taint

ADD_TAINT(9)							   Driver Basics						      ADD_TAINT(9)

NAME
       add_taint -

SYNOPSIS
       void add_taint(unsigned flag, enum lockdep_ok lockdep_ok);

ARGUMENTS
       flag
	   one of the TAINT_* constants.

       lockdep_ok
	   whether lock debugging is still OK.

DESCRIPTION
       If something bad has gone wrong, you'll want lockdebug_ok = false, but for some notewortht-but-not-corrupting cases, it can be set to true.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014							      ADD_TAINT(9)