[PATCH] printk: Don't WARN on kthread_run failure.
Tetsuo Handa <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Since __kthread_create_on_node() returns -EINTR upon SIGKILL, we should not use WARN_ON() in order to catch kthread_run() failure. Reported-by: [email protected] Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1ebbc20f223b99446034 Fixes: 5f53ca3ff83b ("printk: Implement legacy printer kthread for PREEMPT_RT") Fixes: 76f258bf3f2a ("printk: nbcon: Introduce printer kthreads") Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <[email protected]> --- kernel/printk/nbcon.c | 2 +- kernel/printk/printk.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c index 4b03b019cd5e..a5921a84a80e 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c +++ b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c @@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ bool nbcon_kthread_create(struct console *con) return true; kt = kthread_run(nbcon_kthread_func, con, "pr/%s%d", con->name, con->index); - if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(kt))) { + if (IS_ERR(kt)) { con_printk(KERN_ERR, con, "failed to start printing thread\n"); return false; } diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index 2fe9a963c823..cf15ed75fd26 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@ static bool legacy_kthread_create(void) lockdep_assert_console_list_lock_held(); kt = kthread_run(legacy_kthread_func, NULL, "pr/legacy"); - if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(kt))) { + if (IS_ERR(kt)) { pr_err("failed to start legacy printing thread\n"); return false; } -- 2.52.0