[PATCH 4/5] sched: unset panic_on_warn before calling panic()

From: Tiezhu Yang
Date: Fri Jan 28 2022 - 06:43:01 EST


As done in the full WARN() handler, panic_on_warn needs to be cleared
before calling panic() to avoid recursive panics.

Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 848eaa0..f5b0886 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5524,8 +5524,17 @@ static noinline void __schedule_bug(struct task_struct *prev)
pr_err("Preemption disabled at:");
print_ip_sym(KERN_ERR, preempt_disable_ip);
}
- if (panic_on_warn)
+
+ if (panic_on_warn) {
+ /*
+ * This thread may hit another WARN() in the panic path.
+ * Resetting this prevents additional WARN() from panicking the
+ * system on this thread. Other threads are blocked by the
+ * panic_mutex in panic().
+ */
+ panic_on_warn = 0;
panic("scheduling while atomic\n");
+ }

dump_stack();
add_taint(TAINT_WARN, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
--
2.1.0