The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: 05763885e327f0e257ee8b96b30ac1b95f7dd532 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/05763885e327f0e257ee8b96b30ac1b95f7dd532 Author: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:30:04 +08:00 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:07:39 +01:00 watchdog/hardlockup/perf: Warn if watchdog_ev is leaked When creating a new perf_event for the hardlockup watchdog, it should not happen that the old perf_event is not released. Introduce a WARN_ONCE() that should never trigger. [ mingo: Changed the type of the warning to WARN_ONCE(). ] Signed-off-by: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241021193004.308303-2-lihuafei1@xxxxxxxxxx --- kernel/watchdog_perf.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/watchdog_perf.c b/kernel/watchdog_perf.c index 2fdb96e..a78ff09 100644 --- a/kernel/watchdog_perf.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog_perf.c @@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ static int hardlockup_detector_event_create(void) PTR_ERR(evt)); return PTR_ERR(evt); } + WARN_ONCE(this_cpu_read(watchdog_ev), "unexpected watchdog_ev leak"); this_cpu_write(watchdog_ev, evt); return 0; }
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