On Wed, 24 Apr 2019, Petr Mladek wrote:

> WARN_ON_ONCE() could not be called safely under rq lock because
> of console deadlock issues. Fortunately, simple printk_deferred()
> is enough because the warning is printed from a well defined
> location and context.
> 
> Also klp_try_switch_task() is called under klp_mutex.
> Therefore, the buffer for debug messages could be static.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <[email protected]>
> ---
>  kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> index 9c89ae8b337a..e8183d18227f 100644
> --- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> +++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> @@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ static int klp_check_stack_func(struct klp_func *func,
>  static int klp_check_stack(struct task_struct *task, char *err_buf)
>  {
>       static unsigned long entries[MAX_STACK_ENTRIES];
> +     static int enosys_warned;
>       struct stack_trace trace;
>       struct klp_object *obj;
>       struct klp_func *func;
> @@ -263,8 +264,16 @@ static int klp_check_stack(struct task_struct *task, 
> char *err_buf)
>       trace.nr_entries = 0;
>       trace.max_entries = MAX_STACK_ENTRIES;
>       trace.entries = entries;
> +
>       ret = save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable(task, &trace);
> -     WARN_ON_ONCE(ret == -ENOSYS);
> +     if (ret == -ENOSYS) {
> +             if (!enosys_warned) {
> +                     printk_deferred(KERN_WARNING "%s: 
> save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() not supported on this architecture.\n",
> +                                     __func__);
> +                     enosys_warned = 1;

... abusing the fact that you are also printk maintainer :) ... looking at 
the above, wouldn't it make sense to introduce generic 
printk_deferred_once() instead?

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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