[PATCH v4 06/25] reboot: Warn if unregister_restart_handler() fails
Rafael J. Wysocki
rafael at kernel.org
Fri Dec 10 10:32:27 PST 2021
On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 7:02 PM Dmitry Osipenko <digetx at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Emit warning if unregister_restart_handler() fails since it never should
> fail. This will ease further API development by catching mistakes early.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx at gmail.com>
> ---
> kernel/reboot.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/reboot.c b/kernel/reboot.c
> index e6659ae329f1..f0e7b9c13f6b 100644
> --- a/kernel/reboot.c
> +++ b/kernel/reboot.c
> @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_restart_handler);
> */
> int unregister_restart_handler(struct notifier_block *nb)
> {
> - return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&restart_handler_list, nb);
> + return WARN_ON(atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&restart_handler_list, nb));
The only reason why it can fail is if the object pointed to by nb is
not in the chain. Why WARN() about this? And what about systems with
panic_on_warn set?
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_restart_handler);
>
> --
> 2.33.1
>
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