linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm: check for irq disabled() only if DEBUG

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2016 16:34:48 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mpe@...erman.id.au
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm: check for irq disabled() only if DEBUG_VM is enabled.

We don't need to check this always. The idea here is to capture the
wrong usage of find_linux_pte_or_hugepte and we can do that by
occasionally running with DEBUG_VM enabled.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index ee09e99097f0..9bd87f269d6d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -71,10 +71,8 @@ pte_t *__find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea,
 static inline pte_t *find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea,
 					       bool *is_thp, unsigned *shift)
 {
-	if (!arch_irqs_disabled()) {
-		pr_info("%s called with irq enabled\n", __func__);
-		dump_stack();
-	}
+	VM_WARN(!arch_irqs_disabled(),
+		"%s called with irq enabled\n", __func__);
 	return __find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgdir, ea, is_thp, shift);
 }
 
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2.7.4