The patch titled Use WARN() in fs/ has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is use-warn-in-fs.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Use WARN() in fs/ From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Use WARN() instead of a printk+WARN_ON() pair; this way the message becomes part of the warning section for better reporting/collection. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/buffer.c | 3 +-- fs/namespace.c | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/buffer.c~use-warn-in-fs fs/buffer.c --- a/fs/buffer.c~use-warn-in-fs +++ a/fs/buffer.c @@ -1214,8 +1214,7 @@ void __brelse(struct buffer_head * buf) put_bh(buf); return; } - printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer\n"); - WARN_ON(1); + WARN(1, KERN_ERR "VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer\n"); } /* diff -puN fs/namespace.c~use-warn-in-fs fs/namespace.c --- a/fs/namespace.c~use-warn-in-fs +++ a/fs/namespace.c @@ -312,10 +312,9 @@ static void handle_write_count_underflow */ if ((atomic_read(&mnt->__mnt_writers) < 0) && !(mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_IMBALANCED_WRITE_COUNT)) { - printk(KERN_DEBUG "leak detected on mount(%p) writers " + WARN(1, KERN_DEBUG "leak detected on mount(%p) writers " "count: %d\n", mnt, atomic_read(&mnt->__mnt_writers)); - WARN_ON(1); /* use the flag to keep the dmesg spam down */ mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_IMBALANCED_WRITE_COUNT; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch via-velocity-fix-sleep-with-spinlock-bug-during-mtu-change.patch rename-warn-to-warning-to-clear-the-namespace.patch add-a-warn-macro-this-is-warn_on-printk-arguments.patch kernel-irq-managec-replace-a-printk-warn_on-to-a-warn.patch example-use-of-warn.patch use-warn-in-kernel-irq-managec.patch use-warn-in-kernel-panicc.patch use-warn-in-mm-vmallocc.patch use-warn-in-kernel-lockdepc.patch use-warn-in-kernel-irq-chipc.patch use-warn-in-arch-x86-mm-ioremapc.patch use-warn-in-arch-x86-mm-pageattrc.patch use-warn-in-arch-x86-kernel.patch use-warn-in-block.patch use-warn-in-drivers-base.patch use-warn-in-lib.patch use-warn-in-fs.patch usr-warn-in-fs-sysfs.patch use-warn-in-fs-proc.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html