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From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, corbet@lwn.net, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/page_table_check: Do WARN_ON instead of BUG_ON by default
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:28:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f8ff6148-2775-4465-809b-36a4e5a4c403@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yx4IEvkmAlcTIP6v@casper.infradead.org>

On 11.09.22 18:08, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 09:59:22AM +0000, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
>> Currently, page_table_check when detects errors panics kernel. Instead,
>> print a warning, and panic only when specifically requested via kernel
>> parameter:
>>
>> 	page_table_check=panic
> 
> Why are the page table checks so special that they deserve their own
> command line parameter?  Why shouldn't this be controlled by the usual
> panic_on_warn option?
> 

I agree.

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220923113426.52871-2-david@redhat.com

Use of WARN_ON_ONCE is the way to go nowadays.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb



  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-09-26  8:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-11  9:59 [PATCH 0/3] page table check default to warn instead of panic Pasha Tatashin
2022-09-11  9:59 ` [PATCH 1/3] mm/page_table_check: Check writable zero page in page table check Pasha Tatashin
2022-09-12 15:58   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2022-09-26  8:26   ` David Hildenbrand
2022-09-11  9:59 ` [PATCH 2/3] mm/page_table_check: Do WARN_ON instead of BUG_ON by default Pasha Tatashin
2022-09-11 16:08   ` Matthew Wilcox
2022-09-11 20:42     ` Pasha Tatashin
2022-09-26  8:28     ` David Hildenbrand [this message]
2022-09-26  1:16   ` [mm/page_table_check] 6e807506f4: WARNING:at_mm/page_table_check.c:#page_table_check_set kernel test robot
2022-09-11  9:59 ` [PATCH 3/3] doc/vm: add information about page_table_check=panic Pasha Tatashin
2022-09-12 20:23 ` [PATCH 0/3] page table check default to warn instead of panic Andrew Morton
2022-09-20 18:11   ` Pasha Tatashin

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