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[PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug

From Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug
Date 2016-11-21 11:20 +0100
Message-ID <sFTRE-8lZ-33@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

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WARNINGs mean kernel bugs.
The one in ucma_write() points to user programming error
or a malicious attempt. This is not a kernel bug, remove it.

BUG/WARNs that are not kernel bugs hinder automated testing effots.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Cc: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com>
Cc: Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@gmail.com>
Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: syzkaller@googlegroups.com

---
Changes since v1:
 - added printk_once
---
 drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
index 9520154..405d0ce 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
@@ -1584,8 +1584,11 @@ static ssize_t ucma_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 	struct rdma_ucm_cmd_hdr hdr;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ib_safe_file_access(filp)))
+	if (!ib_safe_file_access(filp)) {
+		printk_once("ucma_write: process %d (%s) tried to do something hinky\n",
+			task_tgid_vnr(current), current->comm);
 		return -EACCES;
+	}
 
 	if (len < sizeof(hdr))
 		return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020

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[PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> - 2016-11-21 11:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> - 2016-11-21 11:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> - 2016-11-21 11:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> - 2016-11-21 12:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> - 2016-11-21 13:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-11-21 18:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> - 2016-11-21 18:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> - 2016-11-21 12:50 +0100

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