The patch titled Use WARN() in fs/sysfs has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is usr-warn-in-fs-sysfs.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/sysfs 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. Also, with this, one fo the if() sections collapses entirely into the WARN(). Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/sysfs/dir.c | 5 +---- fs/sysfs/file.c | 3 +-- fs/sysfs/group.c | 3 +-- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/sysfs/dir.c~usr-warn-in-fs-sysfs fs/sysfs/dir.c --- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c~usr-warn-in-fs-sysfs +++ a/fs/sysfs/dir.c @@ -459,11 +459,8 @@ int sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt int ret; ret = __sysfs_add_one(acxt, sd); - if (ret == -EEXIST) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "sysfs: duplicate filename '%s' " + WARN(ret == -EEXIST, KERN_WARNING "sysfs: duplicate filename '%s' " "can not be created\n", sd->s_name); - WARN_ON(1); - } return ret; } diff -puN fs/sysfs/file.c~usr-warn-in-fs-sysfs fs/sysfs/file.c --- a/fs/sysfs/file.c~usr-warn-in-fs-sysfs +++ a/fs/sysfs/file.c @@ -350,9 +350,8 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode if (kobj->ktype && kobj->ktype->sysfs_ops) ops = kobj->ktype->sysfs_ops; else { - printk(KERN_ERR "missing sysfs attribute operations for " + WARN(1, KERN_ERR "missing sysfs attribute operations for " "kobject: %s\n", kobject_name(kobj)); - WARN_ON(1); goto err_out; } diff -puN fs/sysfs/group.c~usr-warn-in-fs-sysfs fs/sysfs/group.c --- a/fs/sysfs/group.c~usr-warn-in-fs-sysfs +++ a/fs/sysfs/group.c @@ -134,9 +134,8 @@ void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject * if (grp->name) { sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dir_sd, grp->name); if (!sd) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "sysfs group %p not found for " + WARN(!sd, KERN_WARNING "sysfs group %p not found for " "kobject '%s'\n", grp, kobject_name(kobj)); - WARN_ON(!sd); return; } } else _ 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