On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 07:25:10PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Quoting from the comment describing the WARN functions in
> include/asm-generic/bug.h:
> 
>  * WARN(), WARN_ON(), WARN_ON_ONCE, and so on can be used to report
>  * significant kernel issues that need prompt attention if they should ever
>  * appear at runtime.
>  *
>  * Do not use these macros when checking for invalid external inputs
> 
> The (buggy) firmware tables which the dmar code was calling WARN_TAINT
> for really are invalid external inputs. They are not under the kernel's
> control and the issues in them cannot be fixed by a kernel update.
> So logging a backtrace, which invites bug reports to be filed about this,
> is not helpful.
> 
> BugLink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701847
> Fixes: 556ab45f9a77 ("ioat2: catch and recover from broken vtd configurations 
> v6")
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

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