Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/mce: remove unused WARN_ON() in mce_register_decode_chain()

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Nov 06 2020 - 06:12:39 EST


On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 04:43:40PM +0800, Zhen Lei wrote:
> enum mce_notifier_prios {
> MCE_PRIO_LOWEST,
> MCE_PRIO_MCELOG,
> MCE_PRIO_EDAC,
>
> After commit c9c6d216ed28 ("x86/mce: Rename "first" function as "early""),
> there is no other integer between MCE_PRIO_MCELOG and MCE_PRIO_EDAC.
> Therefore, the WARN_ON() will never be triggered, just delete it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> index 4102b866e7c0..914f9f102995 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> @@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mce_log);
>
> void mce_register_decode_chain(struct notifier_block *nb)
> {
> - if (WARN_ON(nb->priority > MCE_PRIO_MCELOG && nb->priority < MCE_PRIO_EDAC))
> - return;

No, you don't want to remove it - you want to update it so that it
catches wrong priorities...

Thx.

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Boris.

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