Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm/pat, drivers/infiniband/ipath: replace WARN() with pr_warn()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Jun 23 2015 - 03:40:13 EST



* Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
>
> On built-in kernels this will always splat. Fix that.
>
> Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> [0-day test robot]
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
> index 2d7e503..871dbe5 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
> * SOFTWARE.
> */
>
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> +
> #include <linux/sched.h>
> #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> #include <linux/idr.h>
> @@ -399,8 +401,8 @@ static int ipath_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
> u32 bar0 = 0, bar1 = 0;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> - if (WARN(pat_enabled(),
> - "ipath needs PAT disabled, boot with nopat kernel parameter\n")) {
> + if (pat_enabled()) {
> + pr_warn("ipath needs PAT disabled, boot with nopat kernel parameter\n");
> ret = -ENODEV;
> goto bail;
> }

Same observation as for the other patch: please only warn if the hardware is
present and the driver tries to activate. No need to annoy others.

Thanks,

Ingo
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