linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 06/25] reboot: Warn if unregister_restart

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Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 20:08:21 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/25] reboot: Warn if unregister_restart_handler() fails

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 7:54 PM Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com> wrote:
>
> 10.12.2021 21:32, Rafael J. Wysocki пишет:
> > On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 7:02 PM Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Emit warning if unregister_restart_handler() fails since it never should
> >> fail. This will ease further API development by catching mistakes early.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >>  kernel/reboot.c | 2 +-
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/kernel/reboot.c b/kernel/reboot.c
> >> index e6659ae329f1..f0e7b9c13f6b 100644
> >> --- a/kernel/reboot.c
> >> +++ b/kernel/reboot.c
> >> @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_restart_handler);
> >>   */
> >>  int unregister_restart_handler(struct notifier_block *nb)
> >>  {
> >> -       return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&restart_handler_list, nb);
> >> +       return WARN_ON(atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&restart_handler_list, nb));
> >
> > The only reason why it can fail is if the object pointed to by nb is
> > not in the chain.
>
> I had exactly this case where object wasn't in the chain due to a bug
> and this warning was very helpful.

During the development.  In production it would be rather annoying.

> >  Why WARN() about this?  And what about systems with
> > panic_on_warn set?
>
> That warning condition will never happen normally, only when something
> is seriously wrong.
>
> Those systems with panic_on_warn will get what was they asked for.

They may not be asking for panicking on bugs in the reboot notifier
code, though.  That's what your change is making them panic on.