Quoting from the comment describing the WARN functions in include/asm-generic/bug.h:
* WARN(), WARN_ON(), WARN_ON_ONCE, and so on can be used to report * significant kernel issues that need prompt attention if they should ever * appear at runtime. * * Do not use these macros when checking for invalid external inputs
The (buggy) firmware tables which the dmar code was calling WARN_TAINT for really are invalid external inputs. They are not under the kernel's control and the issues in them cannot be fixed by a kernel update. So logging a backtrace, which invites bug reports to be filed about this, is not helpful.
Some distros, e.g. Fedora, have tools watching for the kernel backtraces logged by the WARN macros and offer the user an option to file a bug for this when these are encountered. The WARN_TAINT in warn_invalid_dmar() + another iommu WARN_TAINT, addressed in another patch, have lead to over a 100 bugs being filed this way.
This commit replaces the WARN_TAINT("...") calls, with pr_warn(FW_BUG "...") + add_taint(TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, ...) calls avoiding the backtrace and thus also avoiding bug-reports being filed about this against the kernel.
BugLink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564895 Fixes: e625b4a95d50 ("iommu/vt-d: Parse ANDD records") Fixes: fd0c8894893c ("intel-iommu: Set a more specific taint flag for invalid BI Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede hdegoede@redhat.com --- drivers/iommu/dmar.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dmar.c b/drivers/iommu/dmar.c index 071bb42bbbc5..87194a46cb0b 100644 --- a/drivers/iommu/dmar.c +++ b/drivers/iommu/dmar.c @@ -440,12 +440,13 @@ static int __init dmar_parse_one_andd(struct acpi_dmar_header *header,
/* Check for NUL termination within the designated length */ if (strnlen(andd->device_name, header->length - 8) == header->length - 8) { - WARN_TAINT(1, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, + pr_warn(FW_BUG "Your BIOS is broken; ANDD object name is not NUL-terminated\n" "BIOS vendor: %s; Ver: %s; Product Version: %s\n", dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR), dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VERSION), dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION)); + add_taint(TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); return -EINVAL; } pr_info("ANDD device: %x name: %s\n", andd->device_number, @@ -471,14 +472,14 @@ static int dmar_parse_one_rhsa(struct acpi_dmar_header *header, void *arg) return 0; } } - WARN_TAINT( - 1, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, + pr_warn(FW_BUG "Your BIOS is broken; RHSA refers to non-existent DMAR unit at %llx\n" "BIOS vendor: %s; Ver: %s; Product Version: %s\n", drhd->reg_base_addr, dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR), dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VERSION), dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION)); + add_taint(TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
return 0; } @@ -827,14 +828,14 @@ int __init dmar_table_init(void)
static void warn_invalid_dmar(u64 addr, const char *message) { - WARN_TAINT_ONCE( - 1, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, + pr_warn_once(FW_BUG "Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address %llx%s!\n" "BIOS vendor: %s; Ver: %s; Product Version: %s\n", addr, message, dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR), dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VERSION), dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION)); + add_taint(TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); }
static int __ref