linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c: relax BUG_ON to WARN_ON in dql

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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:11:25 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Ard Biesheuvel' <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c: relax BUG_ON to WARN_ON in
 dql_complete()

From: Ard Biesheuvel
> Sent: 18 October 2017 16:45
> Even though calling dql_completed() with a count that exceeds the
> queued count is a serious error, it still does not justify bringing
> down the entire kernel with a BUG_ON(). So relax it to a WARN_ON()
> instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> ---
>  lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c b/lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c
> index f346715e2255..24ce495d78f3 100644
> --- a/lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c
> +++ b/lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void dql_completed(struct dql *dql, unsigned int count)
>  	num_queued = ACCESS_ONCE(dql->num_queued);
> 
>  	/* Can't complete more than what's in queue */
> -	BUG_ON(count > num_queued - dql->num_completed);
> +	WARN_ON(count > num_queued - dql->num_completed);
> 
>  	completed = dql->num_completed + count;

Don't you need to bound 'count' so that horrid things don't
happen further down the code?

	David