From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Guenetr Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
Wang Jinchao <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>,
Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y 4/4] panic: restore variable arguments to nmi_panic()
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:55:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111155515.2677444-4-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111155515.2677444-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
[ Upstream commit ed9e4c1ff15d5b935f467811541ca0aa6e49c5d0 ]
nmi_panic() used to accept variable arguments until commit ebc41f20d77f
("panic: change nmi_panic from macro to function") flattened it to a final
message string. vpanic() did not exist back then, so the function had to
format through panic("%s", msg).
Bring the variable arguments back and format with vpanic() directly.
The next patch makes nmi_panic() try the panic_force_cpu= redirect
before claiming panic_cpu. panic_try_force_cpu() needs to print the
message but it is used also by panic() which accepts variable argument
list. The string could be formatted only when a CPU gets assigned to
process the redirection. Otherwise, there might be a race when writing
to the `panic_force_buf`.
No current caller passes a string with format specifiers. The closest one
is hpwdt_pretimeout(), which builds panic_msg with hex_byte_pack() and has
only two variants, both plain strings. But the new __printf() annotation
on nmi_panic() would warn with -Wformat-security there because the buffer
is passed directly as the format argument, so switch it to nmi_panic(regs,
"%s", panic_msg).
[pmladek@suse.com: changelog fix]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/arJxFybmtD7OBIcL@pathway.suse.cz
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260916182957.7788-5-brads@mainlining.org
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Guenetr Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Jinchao <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c | 2 +-
include/linux/panic.h | 3 ++-
kernel/panic.c | 10 ++++++++--
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
index ba08189937ec6..32e9ac24e0d5f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static int hpwdt_pretimeout(unsigned int ulReason, struct pt_regs *regs)
}
hex_byte_pack(panic_msg, nmistat);
- nmi_panic(regs, panic_msg);
+ nmi_panic(regs, "%s", panic_msg);
return NMI_HANDLED;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/panic.h b/include/linux/panic.h
index baf7de33aa0e6..99c53d2792b1b 100644
--- a/include/linux/panic.h
+++ b/include/linux/panic.h
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ __printf(1, 2)
void panic(const char *fmt, ...) __noreturn __cold;
__printf(1, 0)
void vpanic(const char *fmt, va_list args) __noreturn __cold;
-void nmi_panic(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *msg);
+__printf(2, 3)
+void nmi_panic(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *fmt, ...);
void check_panic_on_warn(const char *origin);
extern void oops_enter(void);
extern void oops_exit(void);
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index dce6197233161..0bc445155035a 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -246,13 +246,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_on_other_cpu);
* nmi_panic_self_stop() which can provide architecture dependent code such
* as saving register state for crash dump.
*/
-void nmi_panic(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *msg)
+void nmi_panic(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *fmt, ...)
{
+ va_list args;
+
+ va_start(args, fmt);
+
if (panic_try_start())
- panic("%s", msg);
+ vpanic(fmt, args);
if (panic_on_other_cpu())
nmi_panic_self_stop(regs);
+
+ va_end(args);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nmi_panic);
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 15:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-07 10:22 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] panic: restore variable arguments to nmi_panic()" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 1/4] kernel/panic.c: format kernel-doc comments Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 2/4] panic: Add vpanic() Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 3/4] watchdog/hpwdt: Refine hpwdt message for UV platform Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 15:55 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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