linux-kernel - [PATCH] arc: warn only once if DW2

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:00:39 +0300
From:	Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>
To:	linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, "[3.18+]"@synopsys.com
Subject: [PATCH] arc: warn only once if DW2_UNWIND is disabled

If CONFIG_ARC_DW2_UNWIND is disabled every time arc_unwind_core()
gets called following message gets printed in debug console:
----------------->8---------------
CONFIG_ARC_DW2_UNWIND needs to be enabled
----------------->8---------------

That message makes sense if user indeed wants to see a backtrace or
get nice function call-graphs in perf but what if user disabled
unwinder for the purpose? Why pollute his debug console?

So instead we'll warn user about possibly missing feature once and
let him decide if that was what he or she really wanted.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@...opsys.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org  [3.18+]
---
 arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c
index e0efff1..b9192a6 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ arc_unwind_core(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	 * prelogue is setup (callee regs saved and then fp set and not other
 	 * way around
 	 */
-	pr_warn("CONFIG_ARC_DW2_UNWIND needs to be enabled\n");
+	pr_warn_once("CONFIG_ARC_DW2_UNWIND needs to be enabled\n");
 	return 0;
 
 #endif
-- 
2.5.5