[PATCH v2] panic: Clean up message about deprecated 'panic_print' parameter

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Wed Aug 20 2025 - 05:48:09 EST


Remove duplication of the message about deprecated 'panic_print'
parameter.

Also make the wording more direct. Make it clear that the new
parameters already exist and should be used instead.

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:

- fixed compilation with CONFIG_SYSCTL disabled (kernel test
robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>)

Thanks Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx> for debugging the compilation
error reported by the test robot.

kernel/panic.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 12a10e17ab4a..24bca263f896 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(panic_notifier_list);

EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_notifier_list);

+static void panic_print_deprecated(void)
+{
+ pr_info_once("Kernel: The 'panic_print' parameter is now deprecated. Please use 'panic_sys_info' and 'panic_console_replay' instead.\n");
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL

/*
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ static int proc_taint(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
static int sysctl_panic_print_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
- pr_info_once("Kernel: 'panic_print' sysctl interface will be obsoleted by both 'panic_sys_info' and 'panic_console_replay'\n");
+ panic_print_deprecated();
return proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
}

@@ -944,13 +949,13 @@ core_param(panic_console_replay, panic_console_replay, bool, 0644);

static int panic_print_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
{
- pr_info_once("Kernel: 'panic_print' parameter will be obsoleted by both 'panic_sys_info' and 'panic_console_replay'\n");
+ panic_print_deprecated();
return param_set_ulong(val, kp);
}

static int panic_print_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
{
- pr_info_once("Kernel: 'panic_print' parameter will be obsoleted by both 'panic_sys_info' and 'panic_console_replay'\n");
+ panic_print_deprecated();
return param_get_ulong(val, kp);
}

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