10.12.2021 22:08, Rafael J. Wysocki пишет: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 7:54 PM Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> 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. > > During the development. In production it would be rather annoying. > >>> 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. > > They may not be asking for panicking on bugs in the reboot notifier > code, though. That's what your change is making them panic on. > Alright, I'll drop the warnings and turn the warning about uniqueness into error or warning message.