Re: [PATCH] module: Prevent recursion bug caused by module RCU check

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Wed Oct 21 2015 - 01:05:14 EST


Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 06:53:31PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> Also, would it not be better to fix WARN_ON_ONCE() instead?
>>
>
> Clearly I'm an idiot and should stay away from the computer...

Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

(I mean, the patch, not the comment on Peter's intellect! If he's too
dumb to go near computers, most of us should probably shy away from
anything with buttons....)

Thanks,
Rusty.

> ---
> include/asm-generic/bug.h | 14 ++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bug.h b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
> index 630dd2372238..d0972fc8433f 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
> @@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ extern void warn_slowpath_null(const char *file, const int line);
> static bool __section(.data.unlikely) __warned; \
> int __ret_warn_once = !!(condition); \
> \
> - if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once)) \
> - if (WARN_ON(!__warned)) \
> - __warned = true; \
> + if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once && !__warned)) { \
> + __warned = true; \
> + WARN_ON(1); \
> + } \
> unlikely(__ret_warn_once); \
> })
>
> @@ -120,9 +121,10 @@ extern void warn_slowpath_null(const char *file, const int line);
> static bool __section(.data.unlikely) __warned; \
> int __ret_warn_once = !!(condition); \
> \
> - if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once)) \
> - if (WARN(!__warned, format)) \
> - __warned = true; \
> + if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once && !__warned)) { \
> + __warned = true; \
> + WARN(1, format); \
> + } \
> unlikely(__ret_warn_once); \
> })
>
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