Re: [PATCH 6/6] ERR_PTR: warn when ERR_PTR parameter is not errno value

[Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>]

Hi Marcin,

Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> writes:

> Check at runtime whether error argument of ERR_PTR and ERR_OR_0_PTR
> is valid. It can catch bugs which possibly lead to oops or panic earlier.
>
> Currently there are > 600 calls of ERR_PTR with non-constant argument
> in Linux kernel sources.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/err.h |    3 +++
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/err.h b/include/linux/err.h
> index cdec8b6..51e2459 100644
> --- a/include/linux/err.h
> +++ b/include/linux/err.h
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
>  
> +#include <asm/bug.h>
>  #include <asm/errno.h>
>  
>  /*
> @@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
>  
>  static inline void *__ERR_PTR(long error)
>  {
> +	WARN_ON(!IS_ERR_VALUE(error));
>  	return (void *) error;
>  }
>  
> @@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ static inline void *__ERR_PTR(long error)
>  
>  static inline void *__ERR_OR_0_PTR(long error)
>  {
> +	WARN_ON(!IS_ERR_VALUE(error) && error);
>  	return (void *) error;
>  }

How about WARN_ON_ONCE() instead?  That would warn once for each erroneous user
which should be enough.

	Hannes