As done in the full WARN() handler, panic_on_warn needs to be cleared before calling panic() to avoid recursive panics. Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/kfence/report.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/kfence/report.c b/mm/kfence/report.c index f93a7b2..9d61a23 100644 --- a/mm/kfence/report.c +++ b/mm/kfence/report.c @@ -267,8 +267,16 @@ void kfence_report_error(unsigned long address, bool is_write, struct pt_regs *r lockdep_on(); - if (panic_on_warn) + if (panic_on_warn) { + /* + * This thread may hit another WARN() in the panic path. + * Resetting this prevents additional WARN() from panicking the + * system on this thread. Other threads are blocked by the + * panic_mutex in panic(). + */ + panic_on_warn = 0; panic("panic_on_warn set ...\n"); + } /* We encountered a memory safety error, taint the kernel! */ add_taint(TAINT_BAD_PAGE, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); -- 2.1.0