From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=172.105.4.254 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1793906992; b=DFS6XDk60eeE8i34V8GizaUdDPb3QJbJg8pfzlm2miz4UHm4+8/iVjV0VwO1+svhoeoq Joi9RgPu2dEmaSCoWw63PwIVhDbVMdEPnjtQ3/bR04XvYRMQx3tg9lwp88tO5j8P2gxdG 4I+NNPaLaXUy1yzBZPMe2PwcSKUzJA6dhIQ54iVhIi2gvFwaTeMsjj0tC0xWYflDHRn+z /U2+xHR1Ko39KJDSziNKUTgadJuaNwIDysqqN/2VJew6M+7cciolDiaZ7WlylIRSUZ9Ay KtkYwS0tgr8Ji8KTjhoHyg44BtNX5dwMmf0S0P30RIh3RRx10RnY1dU22Icf3UghWew== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1793906992; h=DMARC-Filter:Received:Received:DKIM-Signature:Message-ID:From: Subject:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date; bh=Ru/qyz255iW10fX/xYGvqKwjOThmYmiF9XoSZGKM7R0=; b=gF1bsRoV8uv1Ze0yQw1c7+qnR9AHHJZK0jLZ33FdyCiI6+epwcfeMwywk+x+JD2ZCGgL 17GPR7ufw1GJKnE9RrCc19yZNtDzPUrFEHUjHRpQYnk9Dil1I4jQ5qXOfG7pmrlIg+iXq leT85mZJnf+TLHsu7qb/QsaoD2XucPQbBRH1bi35fn/k1h3X7CtIcZoyAXjwzMoKD5LrG xwFpf43r5LCfj9Hri5a3RoyNI30vcgpubrLj0EszQpuyVBSqwV8XeGa6ebkn2cs5KwmJR uBCjnBEecGfSm35bTGJo85fD/JQTyhu4pGj84e1LwBjbmytsdaXOhKhF0RNUNR5QDeQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass header.from=kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernel.org; dkim=pass header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=MJtgcSMf; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=172.105.4.254 Received: from tor.source.kernel.org (tor.source.kernel.org [172.105.4.254]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 406D86082BCE for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2026 19:29:52 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp.subspace.kernel.org 406D86082BCE Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernel.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=MJtgcSMf Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by tor.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 994A6601D8; Thu, 5 Nov 2026 19:29:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D6C5C1F00A17; Thu, 5 Nov 2026 19:29:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1793906991; bh=Ru/qyz255iW10fX/xYGvqKwjOThmYmiF9XoSZGKM7R0=; h=From:Subject:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=MJtgcSMfLpnK3zQ8ve5AytNoGwVGMCdIK3G/+WxnM1JzzDcQ8DAnN5v4DQpZqVkNE JIFRqjboUyRPr1h1Dl1DKUbwP7QphpfK/YvUU9TIXGy/tTS0d+xdV2MLivsLV8Dgu4 UzSkOJsM/jDsL0ZM5k9XUlcPM1VkW2J4kRWeL7ktokcrjcRTTBioEI2YpgLZh5eP7W u6bhsGA2WwPT6st0KQcgRf2kcMXrl5bjJKLXx/8iPS2CkkO8y5/gPDeqZL10iGDxGi ryctgUStVMh1y8vZQVQju8TMtjpBqM9jPCUp5nhZiIt7GtigUzscvBis/aL4RTjcOy LOwDNub5ShbCw== Message-ID: From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 31/51] proc: don't WARN about a name that is already registered Reply-To: sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev To: "Christian Brauner" Cc: "Linus Torvalds" , "Jann Horn" , "Josef Bacik" , "Chris Mason" , "Jeff Layton" , NeilBrown , "Eric Dumazet" , "Thomas Gleixner" , "Al Viro" , "Jonathan Corbet" , "Christoph Hellwig" , "Greg Kroah-Hartman" , "Joel Granados" , "Kees Cook" , "Jan Kara" , "Jan Kara" , linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, "Takashi Iwai" , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, "Chuck Lever" , tytso@mit.edu, "Heiko Carstens" , "Vasily Gorbik" , "Alexander Gordeev" , "Christian Borntraeger" In-Reply-To: <20261104-work-procfs-bugfixes-v2-31-021c84d852e0@kernel.org> References: <20261104-work-procfs-bugfixes-v2-0-021c84d852e0@kernel.org> <20261104-work-procfs-bugfixes-v2-31-021c84d852e0@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 19:29:49 +0000 X-Mailing-List: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list > proc_register() WARNs when the directory already has an entry of the > same name and fails the registration. Callers that pick their names > themselves should never get there but some take names from userspace. > pktgen creates a file for each device a writer of "add_device" adds, > named after the device. A device can have any name, including "pgctrl" > or "kpktgend_0", the names of pktgen's own files: >=20 > ip link set lo name pgctrl > ip link set pgctrl up > echo "add_device pgctrl" > /proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0 >=20 > proc_dir_entry 'pktgen/pgctrl' already registered > WARNING: fs/proc/generic.c:404 at proc_register+0x555/0x8b0, CPU#0: bas= h/241 > Call Trace: > proc_create_data+0x9f/0xf0 > [ ... ] >=20 > Reported-by: Chris Mason > Fixes: 6c2f91e077f1 ("proc: use WARN() rather than printk+backtrace") > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. --=20 Sashiko AI review =C2=B7 https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261104-work-procf= s-bugfixes-v2-0-021c84d852e0@kernel.org?part=3D31