linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 -next 3/3] x86/mm/pat: Remove WARN_ON_ONCE if follow

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Message-ID: <20230307022606.2367399-4-mawupeng1@huawei.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Mar 2023 10:26:06 +0800
From:   Wupeng Ma <mawupeng1@...wei.com>
To:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        <luto@...nel.org>, <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        <mawupeng1@...wei.com>, <bp@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 -next 3/3] x86/mm/pat: Remove WARN_ON_ONCE if follow_phys fails

From: Ma Wupeng <mawupeng1@...wei.com>

WARN_ON_ONCE here is not useful for solving problem since why this PA is
not valid is still unknown if follow_phys fails in
track_pfn_copy/untrack_pfn, Drop it.

Signed-off-by: Ma Wupeng <mawupeng1@...wei.com>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
index 3ec025011c90..bda4b6b910c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
@@ -993,10 +993,9 @@ int track_pfn_copy(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		 * reserve the whole chunk covered by vma. We need the
 		 * starting address and protection from pte.
 		 */
-		if (follow_phys(vma, vma->vm_start, &prot, &paddr)) {
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		if (follow_phys(vma, vma->vm_start, &prot, &paddr))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		}
+
 		pgprot = __pgprot(prot);
 		return reserve_pfn_range(paddr, vma_size, &pgprot, 1);
 	}
@@ -1080,10 +1079,8 @@ void untrack_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
 	/* free the chunk starting from pfn or the whole chunk */
 	paddr = (resource_size_t)pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	if (!paddr && !size) {
-		if (follow_phys(vma, vma->vm_start, &prot, &paddr)) {
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		if (follow_phys(vma, vma->vm_start, &prot, &paddr))
 			return;
-		}
 
 		size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
 	}
-- 
2.25.1