linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.19 82/90] KVM: x86: degrade WARN to pr_warn

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Message-Id: <20190708150526.553674137@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon,  8 Jul 2019 17:13:49 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+c03f30b4f4c46bdf8575@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 82/90] KVM: x86: degrade WARN to pr_warn_ratelimited

From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>

commit 3f16a5c318392cbb5a0c7a3d19dff8c8ef3c38ee upstream.

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

Reported-by: syzbot+c03f30b4f4c46bdf8575@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Suggested-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ static int set_tsc_khz(struct kvm_vcpu *
 			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;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1457,8 +1457,8 @@ static int set_tsc_khz(struct kvm_vcpu *
 				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;
 	}