Re: [PATCH] vhost: use pr_err for vq_err

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Thu May 16 2024 - 08:33:30 EST


On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 03:46:29PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>
>
> Use pr_err to print out error message without enabling DEBUG. This could
> make people catch error easier.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>

This isn't appropriate: pr_err must not be triggerable
by userspace. If you are debugging userspace, use a debugging
kernel, it's that simple.


> ---
> drivers/vhost/vhost.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> index bb75a292d50c..0bff436d1ce9 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void vhost_iotlb_map_free(struct vhost_iotlb *iotlb,
> struct vhost_iotlb_map *map);
>
> #define vq_err(vq, fmt, ...) do { \
> - pr_debug(pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__); \
> + pr_err(pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__); \
> if ((vq)->error_ctx) \
> eventfd_signal((vq)->error_ctx);\
> } while (0)
> --
> 2.37.1