Re: [PATCH v4] mm/vmalloc: replace BUG_ON to a simple if statement

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Wed Feb 01 2023 - 07:19:24 EST


On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 08:51:42PM +0900, Hyunmin Lee wrote:
> As per the coding standards, in the event of an abnormal condition that
> should not occur under normal circumstances, the kernel should attempt
> recovery and proceed with execution, rather than halting the machine.
>
> Specifically, in the alloc_vmap_area() function, use a simple if()
> instead of using BUG_ON() halting the machine.
>
> Co-Developed-by: Gwan-gyeong Mun <gwan-gyeong.mun@xxxxxxxxx>
> Co-Developed-by: Jeungwoo Yoo <casionwoo@xxxxxxxxx>
> Co-Developed-by: Sangyun Kim <sangyun.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hyunmin Lee <hn.min.lee@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gwan-gyeong Mun <gwan-gyeong.mun@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeungwoo Yoo <casionwoo@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sangyun Kim <sangyun.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v1->v2 : Add commit description
> v2->v3 : Change WARN_ON() to if()
> v3->v4 : Use only one if() for three conditions
> ---
> mm/vmalloc.c | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 74afa2208558..3b7e8856be35 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -1587,9 +1587,8 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
> int purged = 0;
> int ret;
>
> - BUG_ON(!size);
> - BUG_ON(offset_in_page(size));
> - BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(align));
> + if (unlikely(!size || offset_in_page(size) || !is_power_of_2(align)))
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>
> if (unlikely(!vmap_initialized))
> return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
> --
> 2.25.1
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.