This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled loop: Use pr_warn_once() for loop_control_remove() warning to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: loop-use-pr_warn_once-for-loop_control_remove-warnin.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit bbee43f75fdd61fe74c94ae7a15791ad33e4bd50 Author: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Nov 29 19:00:43 2021 +0900 loop: Use pr_warn_once() for loop_control_remove() warning [ Upstream commit e3f9387aea67742b9d1f4de8e5bb2fd08a8a4584 ] kernel test robot reported that RCU stall via printk() flooding is possible [1] when stress testing. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129073709.GA18483@xsang-OptiPlex-9020 [1] Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index dfc72a1f6500d..c00ae30fde89e 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ static int loop_control_remove(int idx) int ret; if (idx < 0) { - pr_warn("deleting an unspecified loop device is not supported.\n"); + pr_warn_once("deleting an unspecified loop device is not supported.\n"); return -EINVAL; }