The patch titled Use WARN() in fs/proc/ has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is use-warn-in-fs-proc.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/proc/ 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. This way, the entire if() {} section can collapse into the WARN() as well. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/generic.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/proc/generic.c~use-warn-in-fs-proc fs/proc/generic.c --- a/fs/proc/generic.c~use-warn-in-fs-proc +++ a/fs/proc/generic.c @@ -806,12 +806,9 @@ continue_removing: if (S_ISDIR(de->mode)) parent->nlink--; de->nlink = 0; - if (de->subdir) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: removing non-empty directory " + WARN(de->subdir, KERN_WARNING "%s: removing non-empty directory " "'%s/%s', leaking at least '%s'\n", __func__, de->parent->name, de->name, de->subdir->name); - WARN_ON(1); - } if (atomic_dec_and_test(&de->count)) free_proc_entry(de); } _ 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