Re: [PATCH] iommu: Remove stack trace from broken irq remappingwarning

[Neil Horman]

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:53:35PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
> The warning for the irq remapping broken check in intel_irq_remapping.c is
> pretty pointless.  We need the warning, but we know where its comming from, the
> stack trace will always be the same, and it needlessly triggers things like
> Abrt.  This changes the warning to just print a text warning about BIOS being
> broken, without the stack trace, then sets the appropriate taint bit.  Since we
> automatically disable irq remapping, theres no need to contiue making Abrt jump
> at this problem
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c | 13 +++++++------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c b/drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c
> index f71673d..b97d70b 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c
> @@ -525,12 +525,13 @@ static int __init intel_irq_remapping_supported(void)
>  	if (disable_irq_remap)
>  		return 0;
>  	if (irq_remap_broken) {
> -		WARN_TAINT(1, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND,
> -			   "This system BIOS has enabled interrupt remapping\n"
> -			   "on a chipset that contains an erratum making that\n"
> -			   "feature unstable.  To maintain system stability\n"
> -			   "interrupt remapping is being disabled.  Please\n"
> -			   "contact your BIOS vendor for an update\n");
> +		printk(KERN_WARNING
> +			"This system BIOS has enabled interrupt remapping\n"
> +			"on a chipset that contains an erratum making that\n"
> +			"feature unstable.  To maintain system stability\n"
> +			"interrupt remapping is being disabled.  Please\n"
> +			"contact your BIOS vendor for an update\n");
> +		add_taint(TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
>  		disable_irq_remap = 1;
>  		return 0;
>  	}
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 
> 

Ping Bjorn, Jeorg, any thoughts here?
Neil

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