From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754445AbZDKBRd (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:17:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754271AbZDKBRX (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:17:23 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f158.google.com ([209.85.220.158]:45457 "EHLO mail-fx0-f158.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754236AbZDKBRX (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:17:23 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer:in-reply-to:references; b=V6eqvnYfFXnZmx1w+DsV4Nb0EBc2w54akdtIFcFX5pAIafshcfwUdeDGi+5bVMmJBN 2NHqtj1NocYXqH/TAIwjHqyM3a5WN9BoovtDyFASoZL/kwz4AobSF4Kk5j03rH3Y20Zx pURnG9zpqnFEF2bSROi1KnbnXakTADGqq3n2s= From: Frederic Weisbecker To: Ingo Molnar Cc: LKML , Frederic Weisbecker , Peter Zijlstra Subject: [PATCH 1/2 v2] lockdep: warn about lockdep disabling after kernel taint Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:17:17 +0200 Message-Id: <1239412638-6739-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.1 In-Reply-To: <20090410134520.GC17878@elte.hu> References: <20090410134520.GC17878@elte.hu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Impact: provide useful missing info for developers Kernel taint can occur in several situations such as warnings, load of prorietary or staging modules, bad page, etc... But when such taint happens, a developer might still be working on the kernel, expecting that lockdep is still enabled. But a taint disables lockdep without ever warning about it. Such a kernel behaviour doesn't really help for kernel development. This patch adds this missing warning. Since the taint is done most of the time after the main message that explain the real source issue, it seems safe to warn about it inside add_taint() so that it appears at last, without hurting the main information. v2: Use a generic helper to disable lockdep instead of an open coded xchg(). Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Peter Zijlstra --- include/linux/debug_locks.h | 7 +++++++ kernel/panic.c | 10 ++++++++-- lib/debug_locks.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/debug_locks.h b/include/linux/debug_locks.h index 096476f..493dedb 100644 --- a/include/linux/debug_locks.h +++ b/include/linux/debug_locks.h @@ -2,12 +2,19 @@ #define __LINUX_DEBUG_LOCKING_H #include +#include struct task_struct; extern int debug_locks; extern int debug_locks_silent; + +static inline int __debug_locks_off(void) +{ + return xchg(&debug_locks, 0); +} + /* * Generic 'turn off all lock debugging' function: */ diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c index 3fd8c5b..940ca14 100644 --- a/kernel/panic.c +++ b/kernel/panic.c @@ -213,8 +213,14 @@ unsigned long get_taint(void) void add_taint(unsigned flag) { - /* can't trust the integrity of the kernel anymore: */ - debug_locks = 0; + /* + * Can't trust the integrity of the kernel anymore. + * We don't call directly debug_locks_off() because the issue + * is not necessarily serious enough to set oops_in_progress to 1 + */ + if (__debug_locks_off()) + printk(KERN_WARNING "Disabling lockdep due to kernel taint\n"); + set_bit(flag, &tainted_mask); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_taint); diff --git a/lib/debug_locks.c b/lib/debug_locks.c index 0218b46..bc3b117 100644 --- a/lib/debug_locks.c +++ b/lib/debug_locks.c @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int debug_locks_silent; */ int debug_locks_off(void) { - if (xchg(&debug_locks, 0)) { + if (__debug_locks_off()) { if (!debug_locks_silent) { oops_in_progress = 1; console_verbose(); -- 1.6.1