linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] bugs/core: Pass down the condition string of WARN_ON_ONCE(cond) warnings to __WARN

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Message-ID: <20250326084751.2260634-3-mingo@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:47:47 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] bugs/core: Pass down the condition string of WARN_ON_ONCE(cond) warnings to __WARN_FLAGS()

This will allow architecture code to print out this information.

The format of the string is '[condition]', for example:

  WARN_ON_ONCE(idx < 0 && ptr);

Will get the '[idx < 0 && ptr]' string literal passed down as 'cond_str'
in __WARN_FLAGS().

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 include/asm-generic/bug.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bug.h b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
index af76e4a04b16..c8e7126bc26e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ extern __printf(1, 2) void __warn_printk(const char *fmt, ...);
 #define WARN_ON_ONCE(condition) ({				\
 	int __ret_warn_on = !!(condition);			\
 	if (unlikely(__ret_warn_on))				\
-		__WARN_FLAGS("",				\
+		__WARN_FLAGS("["#condition"] ",			\
 			     BUGFLAG_ONCE |			\
 			     BUGFLAG_TAINT(TAINT_WARN));	\
 	unlikely(__ret_warn_on);				\
-- 
2.45.2