linux-kernel - [PATCH -next 2/2] kho: remove unnecessary WARN_ON(err) in kho

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Date: Fri,  6 Feb 2026 04:31:21 +0000
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Subject: [PATCH -next 2/2] kho: remove unnecessary WARN_ON(err) in kho_populate()

From: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@....com.cn>

The following pr_warn() provides detailed error and location
information, WARN_ON(err) adds no additional debugging value,
so remove the redundant WARN_ON() call.

Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@....com.cn>
---
 kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index 76b714db175d..b851b09a8e99 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ void __init kho_populate(phys_addr_t fdt_phys, u64 fdt_len,
 
 		memblock_add(area->addr, size);
 		err = memblock_mark_kho_scratch(area->addr, size);
-		if (WARN_ON(err)) {
+		if (err) {
 			pr_warn("failed to mark the scratch region 0x%pa+0x%pa: %pe",
 				&area->addr, &size, ERR_PTR(err));
 			goto err_unmap_scratch;
-- 
2.25.1