linux-kernel - [PATCH] tracepoints: Use WARN() and not WARN

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Message-ID: <20240228133112.0d64fb1b@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:31:12 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Trace Kernel
 <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers
 <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
 Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH] tracepoints: Use WARN() and not WARN_ON() for warnings

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>

There are two WARN_ON*() warnings in tracepoint.h that deal with RCU
usage. But when they trigger, especially from using a TRACE_EVENT()
macro, the information is not very helpful and is confusing:

 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at include/trace/events/lock.h:24 lock_acquire+0x2b2/0x2d0

Where the above warning takes you to:

 TRACE_EVENT(lock_acquire,  <<<--- line 24 in lock.h

	TP_PROTO(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
		int trylock, int read, int check,
		struct lockdep_map *next_lock, unsigned long ip),
	[..]

Change the WARN_ON_ONCE() to WARN_ONCE() and add a string that allows
someone to search for exactly where the bug happened.

Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 include/linux/tracepoint.h | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 88c0ba623ee6..689b6d71590e 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 		if (!(cond))						\
 			return;						\
 									\
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(RCUIDLE_COND(rcuidle)))		\
+		if (WARN_ONCE(RCUIDLE_COND(rcuidle),			\
+			      "Bad RCU usage for tracepoint"))		\
 			return;						\
 									\
 		/* keep srcu and sched-rcu usage consistent */		\
@@ -259,7 +260,8 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 				TP_ARGS(args),				\
 				TP_CONDITION(cond), 0);			\
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOCKDEP) && (cond)) {		\
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_is_watching());		\
+			WARN_ONCE(!rcu_is_watching(),			\
+				  "RCU not watching for tracepoint");	\
 		}							\
 	}								\
 	__DECLARE_TRACE_RCU(name, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args),		\
-- 
2.43.0