From 90f3c123247e9564f2ecf861946ec41ceaf5e198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gal Pressman Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:33:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] panic: only warn about deprecated panic_print on write access The panic_print_deprecated() warning is being triggered on both read and write operations to the panic_print parameter. This causes spurious warnings when users run 'sysctl -a' to list all sysctl values, since that command reads /proc/sys/kernel/panic_print and triggers the deprecation notice. Modify the handlers to only emit the deprecation warning when the parameter is actually being set: - sysctl_panic_print_handler(): check 'write' flag before warning. - panic_print_get(): remove the deprecation call entirely. This way, users are only warned when they actively try to use the deprecated parameter, not when passively querying system state. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260106163321.83586-1-gal@nvidia.com Fixes: ee13240cd78b ("panic: add note that panic_print sysctl interface is deprecated") Fixes: 2683df6539cb ("panic: add note that 'panic_print' parameter is deprecated") Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman Reviewed-by: Mark Bloch Reviewed-by: Nimrod Oren Cc: Feng Tang Cc: Joel Granados Cc: Petr Mladek Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/panic.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c index 0d52210a9e2b..0c20fcaae98a 100644 --- a/kernel/panic.c +++ b/kernel/panic.c @@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ static int proc_taint(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, static int sysctl_panic_print_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) { - panic_print_deprecated(); + if (write) + panic_print_deprecated(); return proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos); } @@ -1014,7 +1015,6 @@ static int panic_print_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp) static int panic_print_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp) { - panic_print_deprecated(); return param_get_ulong(val, kp); } -- 2.47.3