On Sun, 06 May 2018, Chris Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unsafe module parameters are just that, unsafe. If the user is foolish
> enough to try them and the kernel breaks, they get to keep both pieces.
> Don't ask them to file a bug report if they broke it themselves.
>
> References: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106423
> Fixes: d15d7538c6d2 ("drm/i915: Tune down init error message due to failure 
> injection")
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <[email protected]>
> Cc: Imre Deak <[email protected]>
> Cc: Jani Nikula <[email protected]>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <[email protected]>
> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Jani Nikula <[email protected]>


> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
> index 9b782045ae17..9c449b8d8eab 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
> @@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ __i915_printk(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, const 
> char *level,
>                  __builtin_return_address(0), &vaf);
>  
>       if (is_error && !shown_bug_once) {
> -             dev_notice(kdev, "%s", FDO_BUG_MSG);
> +             /*
> +              * Ask the user to file a bug report for the error, except
> +              * if they may have caused the bug by fiddling with unsafe
> +              * module parameters.
> +              */
> +             if (!test_taint(TAINT_USER))
> +                     dev_notice(kdev, "%s", FDO_BUG_MSG);
>               shown_bug_once = true;
>       }

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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