On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 09:24:07PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 03:53:22PM -0700, Daniele Ceraolo Spurio wrote: > > > --- a/drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c > > > +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c > > > @@ -590,7 +590,10 @@ static int mei_me_hbuf_write(struct mei_device > > *dev, > > > u32 dw_cnt; > > > int empty_slots; > > > > > > - if (WARN_ON(!hdr || !data || hdr_len & 0x3)) > > > + if (WARN_ON(!hdr || hdr_len & 0x3)) > > > + return -EINVAL; > > > + > > > + if (WARN_ON(!data && data_len)) > > > > Do not add more WARN_ON() calls, please just handle this properly and do > > not reboot people's machines for a coding error :( > > As far as I understand WARN_ON() will produce solely a backtrace , Except when you have panic_on_warn() enabled in your systems, as many do :( > This particular condition should never ever happen in theory, Then don't check it! > anyhow we can use dev_err() here as well. That would be best. thanks, greg k-h
