[PATCH] panic: use error_report_end tracepoint on warnings

From: Marco Elver
Date: Mon Nov 15 2021 - 04:00:37 EST


Introduce the error detector "warning" to the error_report event and use
the error_report_end tracepoint at the end of a warning report.

This allows in-kernel tests but also userspace to more easily determine
if a warning occurred without polling kernel logs.

Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/trace/events/error_report.h | 8 +++++---
kernel/panic.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/error_report.h b/include/trace/events/error_report.h
index 96f64bf218b2..ed0164f8e79c 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/error_report.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/error_report.h
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@

enum error_detector {
ERROR_DETECTOR_KFENCE,
- ERROR_DETECTOR_KASAN
+ ERROR_DETECTOR_KASAN,
+ ERROR_DETECTOR_WARN
};

#endif /* __ERROR_REPORT_DECLARE_TRACE_ENUMS_ONCE_ONLY */

-#define error_detector_list \
+#define error_detector_list \
EM(ERROR_DETECTOR_KFENCE, "kfence") \
- EMe(ERROR_DETECTOR_KASAN, "kasan")
+ EM(ERROR_DETECTOR_KASAN, "kasan") \
+ EMe(ERROR_DETECTOR_WARN, "warning")
/* Always end the list with an EMe. */

#undef EM
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index cefd7d82366f..8e299cae1615 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <trace/events/error_report.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>

#define PANIC_TIMER_STEP 100
@@ -609,6 +610,7 @@ void __warn(const char *file, int line, void *caller, unsigned taint,
print_irqtrace_events(current);

print_oops_end_marker();
+ trace_error_report_end(ERROR_DETECTOR_WARN, (unsigned long)caller);

/* Just a warning, don't kill lockdep. */
add_taint(taint, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
--
2.34.0.rc1.387.gb447b232ab-goog