linux: check taint

check_taint.py

with open('/proc/sys/kernel/tainted') as f:
  # I'm sure there's a better way to write this, but this is too awesome to not use :D
  taint_bits = map(lambda x: x[0], filter(lambda x: x[1] == 1, zip(range(1024),map(int,(reversed(bin(int(f.read()))[2:]))))))
  for taint_bit in taint_bits:
    if   taint_bit == 0:  # 'P' - Proprietary module has been loaded.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 1:  # 'F' - Module has been forcibly loaded.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 2:  # 'S' - SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 3:  # 'R' - User forced a module unload.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 4:  # 'M' - System experienced a machine check exception.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 5:  # 'B' - System has hit bad_page.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 6:  # 'U' - Userspace-defined naughtiness.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 7:  # 'D' - Kernel has oopsed before
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 8:  # 'A' - ACPI table overridden.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 9:  # 'W' - Taint on warning.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 10: # 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 11: # 'I' - Working around severe firmware bug.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 12: # 'O' - Out-of-tree module has been loaded.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 13: # 'E' - Unsigned module has been loaded.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 14: # 'L' - A soft lockup has previously occurred.
      pass
    elif taint_bit == 15: # 'K' - Kernel has been live patched.
      pass
    else:                 # other taint bit
      pass