linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fsverity: use WARN_ON_ONCE instead of WARN

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Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:25:25 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     fsverity@...ts.linux.dev
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fsverity: use WARN_ON_ONCE instead of WARN_ON

On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 11:15:42AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> As per Linus's suggestion
> (https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=whefxRGyNGzCzG6BVeM=5vnvgb-XhSeFJVxJyAxAF8XRA@mail.gmail.com),
> use WARN_ON_ONCE instead of WARN_ON.  This barely adds any extra
> overhead, and it makes it so that if any of these ever becomes reachable
> (they shouldn't, but that's the point), the logs can't be flooded.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  fs/verity/enable.c       | 4 ++--
>  fs/verity/hash_algs.c    | 4 ++--
>  fs/verity/open.c         | 2 +-
>  include/linux/fsverity.h | 6 +++---
>  4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Sorry, forgot changelog:

v2: also convert the three WARN_ON in include/linux/fsverity.h

- Eric