[PATCH] panic: only warn about deprecated panic_print on write access

From: Gal Pressman

Date: Tue Jan 06 2026 - 11:33:57 EST


The panic_print_deprecated() warning is being triggered on both read and
write operations to the panic_print parameter.

This causes spurious warnings when users run 'sysctl -a' to list all
sysctl values, since that command reads /proc/sys/kernel/panic_print and
triggers the deprecation notice.

Modify the handlers to only emit the deprecation warning when the
parameter is actually being set:

- sysctl_panic_print_handler(): check 'write' flag before warning.
- panic_print_get(): remove the deprecation call entirely.

This way, users are only warned when they actively try to use the
deprecated parameter, not when passively querying system state.

Fixes: ee13240cd78b ("panic: add note that panic_print sysctl interface is deprecated")
Fixes: 2683df6539cb ("panic: add note that 'panic_print' parameter is deprecated")
Cc: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mark Bloch <mbloch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Nimrod Oren <noren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <gal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/panic.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 0d52210a9e2b..0c20fcaae98a 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ static int proc_taint(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
static int sysctl_panic_print_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
- panic_print_deprecated();
+ if (write)
+ panic_print_deprecated();
return proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
}

@@ -1014,7 +1015,6 @@ static int panic_print_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)

static int panic_print_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
{
- panic_print_deprecated();
return param_get_ulong(val, kp);
}

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