linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 10/24] loop: Use pr_warn_once() for loop_control

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Date:   Mon,  6 Dec 2021 16:12:15 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 10/24] loop: Use pr_warn_once() for loop_control_remove() warning

From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>

[ Upstream commit e3f9387aea67742b9d1f4de8e5bb2fd08a8a4584 ]

kernel test robot reported that RCU stall via printk() flooding is
possible [1] when stress testing.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129073709.GA18483@xsang-OptiPlex-9020 [1]
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/block/loop.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index dfc72a1f6500d..c00ae30fde89e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ static int loop_control_remove(int idx)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (idx < 0) {
-		pr_warn("deleting an unspecified loop device is not supported.\n");
+		pr_warn_once("deleting an unspecified loop device is not supported.\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 		
-- 
2.33.0