The patch titled
Subject: kernel/panic.c: make oops_may_print() return bool
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kernel-panicc-make-oops_may_print-return-bool.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-panicc-make-oops_may_print-return-bool.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-panicc-make-oops_may_print-return-bool.patch
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From: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/panic.c: make oops_may_print() return bool
The return value of oops_may_print() is true or false, so change its type
to reflect that.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1591103358-32087-1-git-send-email-yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 2 +-
kernel/panic.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h~kernel-panicc-make-oops_may_print-return-bool
+++ a/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void nmi_panic(struct pt_regs *regs, con
extern void oops_enter(void);
extern void oops_exit(void);
void print_oops_end_marker(void);
-extern int oops_may_print(void);
+extern bool oops_may_print(void);
void do_exit(long error_code) __noreturn;
void complete_and_exit(struct completion *, long) __noreturn;
--- a/kernel/panic.c~kernel-panicc-make-oops_may_print-return-bool
+++ a/kernel/panic.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static void do_oops_enter_exit(void)
* Return true if the calling CPU is allowed to print oops-related info.
* This is a bit racy..
*/
-int oops_may_print(void)
+bool oops_may_print(void)
{
return pause_on_oops_flag == 0;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx are
selftests-kmod-use-variable-name-in-kmod_test_0001.patch
kmod-remove-redundant-be-an-in-the-comment.patch
test_kmod-avoid-potential-double-free-in-trigger_config_run_type.patch
kernel-panicc-make-oops_may_print-return-bool.patch
lib-kconfigdebug-fix-typo-in-the-help-text-of-config_panic_timeout.patch
