Re: [PATCH 02/13] jump label v9: base patch
From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Jun 10 2010 - 12:23:15 EST
* Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > + entry = add_jump_label_entry((char *)iter_begin->name,
> > > + count, iter_begin);
> > > + if (IS_ERR(entry))
> > > + return PTR_ERR(entry);
> > > + continue;
> > > + }
> > > + WARN(1, KERN_ERR "build_jump_hashtable: unexpected entry!\n");
> >
> >
> >
> > It seems you are going to endless loop in this fail case.
> >
>
> agreed. I need to stick that 'WARN' into the else clause of "if
> (!entry)" and return an error.
and make that WARN_ONCE() as well. If it ever triggers it should show up once
and not compound the bug with spamming the console and the logs.
Thanks,
Ingo
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