[tip:locking/urgent] locking/refcounts: Change WARN() to WARN_ONCE()

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Commit-ID:  9dcfe2c75b51f454f39c2de4756e841228865b47
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/9dcfe2c75b51f454f39c2de4756e841228865b47
Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 09:25:55 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 09:25:55 +0100

locking/refcounts: Change WARN() to WARN_ONCE()

Linus noticed that the new refcount.h APIs used WARN(), which would turn
into a dmesg DoS if it triggers frequently on some buggy driver.

So make sure we only warn once. These warnings are never supposed to happen,
so it's typically not a problem to lose subsequent warnings.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzbYUTZ=oqZ2YgDjY0C2_n6ODhTfqj6V+m5xWmDxsuB0w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 lib/refcount.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/refcount.c b/lib/refcount.c
index 1d33366..aa09ad3 100644
--- a/lib/refcount.c
+++ b/lib/refcount.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ bool refcount_add_not_zero(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r)
 		val = old;
 	}
 
-	WARN(new == UINT_MAX, "refcount_t: saturated; leaking memory.\n");
+	WARN_ONCE(new == UINT_MAX, "refcount_t: saturated; leaking memory.\n");
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(refcount_add_not_zero);
 
 void refcount_add(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r)
 {
-	WARN(!refcount_add_not_zero(i, r), "refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.\n");
+	WARN_ONCE(!refcount_add_not_zero(i, r), "refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.\n");
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(refcount_add);
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ bool refcount_inc_not_zero(refcount_t *r)
 		val = old;
 	}
 
-	WARN(new == UINT_MAX, "refcount_t: saturated; leaking memory.\n");
+	WARN_ONCE(new == UINT_MAX, "refcount_t: saturated; leaking memory.\n");
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(refcount_inc_not_zero);
  */
 void refcount_inc(refcount_t *r)
 {
-	WARN(!refcount_inc_not_zero(r), "refcount_t: increment on 0; use-after-free.\n");
+	WARN_ONCE(!refcount_inc_not_zero(r), "refcount_t: increment on 0; use-after-free.\n");
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(refcount_inc);
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ bool refcount_sub_and_test(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r)
 
 		new = val - i;
 		if (new > val) {
-			WARN(new > val, "refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\n");
+			WARN_ONCE(new > val, "refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\n");
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(refcount_dec_and_test);
 
 void refcount_dec(refcount_t *r)
 {
-	WARN(refcount_dec_and_test(r), "refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.\n");
+	WARN_ONCE(refcount_dec_and_test(r), "refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.\n");
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(refcount_dec);
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ bool refcount_dec_not_one(refcount_t *r)
 
 		new = val - 1;
 		if (new > val) {
-			WARN(new > val, "refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\n");
+			WARN_ONCE(new > val, "refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\n");
 			return true;
 		}
 
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