linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: degrade WARN to pr_warn

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Message-Id: <1561551539-18251-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:18:59 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: degrade WARN to pr_warn_ratelimited

This warning can be triggered easily by userspace, so it should certainly not
cause a panic if panic_on_warn is set.

Suggested-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 83aefd759846..66585cf42d7f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ static int set_tsc_khz(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 user_tsc_khz, bool scale)
 			vcpu->arch.tsc_always_catchup = 1;
 			return 0;
 		} else {
-			WARN(1, "user requested TSC rate below hardware speed\n");
+			pr_warn_ratelimited("user requested TSC rate below hardware speed\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1567,8 +1567,8 @@ static int set_tsc_khz(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 user_tsc_khz, bool scale)
 				user_tsc_khz, tsc_khz);
 
 	if (ratio == 0 || ratio >= kvm_max_tsc_scaling_ratio) {
-		WARN_ONCE(1, "Invalid TSC scaling ratio - virtual-tsc-khz=%u\n",
-			  user_tsc_khz);
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("Invalid TSC scaling ratio - virtual-tsc-khz=%u\n",
+			            user_tsc_khz);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
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1.8.3.1