Re: [PATCH] idr: Print a stack dump after ida_remove warning

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue May 07 2013 - 19:34:44 EST


On Sun, 05 May 2013 11:32:03 +0200 Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> We print a dump stack after idr_remove warning. This is useful to find
> the faulty piece of code. Let's do the same for ida_remove, as it
> would be equally useful there.
>
> ...
>
> --- linux-3.10-rc0.orig/lib/idr.c 2013-05-05 10:17:03.086198024 +0200
> +++ linux-3.10-rc0/lib/idr.c 2013-05-05 10:41:11.939134735 +0200
> @@ -1066,6 +1066,7 @@ void ida_remove(struct ida *ida, int id)
> err:
> printk(KERN_WARNING
> "ida_remove called for id=%d which is not allocated.\n", id);
> + dump_stack();
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(ida_remove);

If we're going to do this, we should make that printk a KERN_EMERG or
something, otherwise users might see a stack dump with no explanation
why it occurred.

We can do all that with plain old WARN(). How does this look?


From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: idr-print-a-stack-dump-after-ida_remove-warning-fix

convert the open-coded printk+dump_stack into WARN()

Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

lib/idr.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff -puN lib/idr.c~idr-print-a-stack-dump-after-ida_remove-warning-fix lib/idr.c
--- a/lib/idr.c~idr-print-a-stack-dump-after-ida_remove-warning-fix
+++ a/lib/idr.c
@@ -524,9 +524,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_alloc_cyclic);

static void idr_remove_warning(int id)
{
- printk(KERN_WARNING
- "idr_remove called for id=%d which is not allocated.\n", id);
- dump_stack();
+ WARN(1, "idr_remove called for id=%d which is not allocated.\n", id);
}

static void sub_remove(struct idr *idp, int shift, int id)
@@ -1064,9 +1062,7 @@ void ida_remove(struct ida *ida, int id)
return;

err:
- printk(KERN_WARNING
- "ida_remove called for id=%d which is not allocated.\n", id);
- dump_stack();
+ WARN(1, "ida_remove called for id=%d which is not allocated.\n", id);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ida_remove);

_

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/