linux-kernel - [PATCH v11 03/21] panic: Add vpanic()

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Message-Id: <fe90972795cf5b7c9c05f0dacdcbda3f90a628d6.1751634289.git.namcao@linutronix.de>
Date: Fri,  4 Jul 2025 15:19:55 +0200
From: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>,
	john.ogness@...utronix.de,
	Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH v11 03/21] panic: Add vpanic()

vpanic() is useful for implementing runtime verification reactors. Add it.

Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
---
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
---
 include/linux/panic.h |  3 +++
 kernel/panic.c        | 16 ++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/panic.h b/include/linux/panic.h
index 4adc65766935..0332c6d6771f 100644
--- a/include/linux/panic.h
+++ b/include/linux/panic.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_PANIC_H
 
 #include <linux/compiler_attributes.h>
+#include <linux/stdarg.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 struct pt_regs;
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ struct pt_regs;
 extern long (*panic_blink)(int state);
 __printf(1, 2)
 void panic(const char *fmt, ...) __noreturn __cold;
+__printf(1, 0)
+void vpanic(const char *fmt, va_list args) __noreturn __cold;
 void nmi_panic(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *msg);
 void check_panic_on_warn(const char *origin);
 extern void oops_enter(void);
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index b0b9a8bf4560..6a1823c383d0 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -309,13 +309,13 @@ static void panic_other_cpus_shutdown(bool crash_kexec)
 /**
  * panic - halt the system
  * @fmt: The text string to print
+ * @args: Arguments for the format string
  *
  * Display a message, then perform cleanups. This function never returns.
  */
-void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
+void vpanic(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	static char buf[1024];
-	va_list args;
 	long i, i_next = 0, len;
 	int state = 0;
 	int old_cpu, this_cpu;
@@ -366,9 +366,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	console_verbose();
 	bust_spinlocks(1);
-	va_start(args, fmt);
 	len = vscnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
-	va_end(args);
 
 	if (len && buf[len - 1] == '\n')
 		buf[len - 1] = '\0';
@@ -505,7 +503,17 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 		mdelay(PANIC_TIMER_STEP);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vpanic);
 
+/* Identical to vpanic(), except it takes variadic arguments instead of va_list */
+void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vpanic(fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic);
 
 #define TAINT_FLAG(taint, _c_true, _c_false, _module)			\
-- 
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