10.12.2021 21:32, Rafael J. Wysocki пишет: > On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 7:02 PM Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Emit warning if unregister_restart_handler() fails since it never should >> fail. This will ease further API development by catching mistakes early. >> >> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> kernel/reboot.c | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/kernel/reboot.c b/kernel/reboot.c >> index e6659ae329f1..f0e7b9c13f6b 100644 >> --- a/kernel/reboot.c >> +++ b/kernel/reboot.c >> @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_restart_handler); >> */ >> int unregister_restart_handler(struct notifier_block *nb) >> { >> - return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&restart_handler_list, nb); >> + return WARN_ON(atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&restart_handler_list, nb)); > > The only reason why it can fail is if the object pointed to by nb is > not in the chain. I had exactly this case where object wasn't in the chain due to a bug and this warning was very helpful. > Why WARN() about this? And what about systems with > panic_on_warn set? That warning condition will never happen normally, only when something is seriously wrong. Those systems with panic_on_warn will get what was they asked for.