Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] bug: Move WARN_ON() "cut here" into exception handler

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On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 01:05:39AM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (08/20/19 09:47), Kees Cook wrote:
> [..]
> > @@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ enum bug_trap_type report_bug(unsigned long bugaddr, struct pt_regs *regs)
> >  		}
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	/*
> > +	 * BUG() and WARN_ON() families don't print a custom debug message
> > +	 * before triggering the exception handler, so we must add the
> > +	 * "cut here" line now. WARN() issues its own "cut here" before the
> > +	 * extra debugging message it writes before triggering the handler.
> > +	 */
> > +	if ((bug->flags & BUGFLAG_NO_CUT_HERE) == 0)
> > +		printk(KERN_DEFAULT CUT_HERE);
> 
> Shouldn't this be pr_warn() or pr_crit()?

The pr_* helpers here would (potentially) add unwanted prefixes, so
those aren't used. KERN_DEFAULT is used here because that's how it's
always been printed. I didn't want to change that for this refactoring
work. I'm not opposed to it, generally speaking, though. :)

-- 
Kees Cook



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