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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	rostedt@home.goodmis.org, Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] printk: Console owner and waiter logic cleanup
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:05:57 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180110190557.GA3460072@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180110184144.GR6176@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>

Hello,

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 07:41:44PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Typically we (scheduler) have removed printk()s (on boot) when BIGSMP
> folks say it creates boot pain. Much of it is now behind the sched_debug
> parameter, others are compressed.
> 
> I've also seen other people reduce printk()s.
> 
> In general reducing printk() is a good thing, its a low bandwidth
> channel for critical stuff like OOPSen and the like.

Yeah, sure, no disagreement there.  It's just that this is a provision
for when that breaks down.  In the described scenario, it's also not
caused by any particular one printing too many messages.  OOM is just
printing OOM info and packet tx is just printing standard alloc failed
message (and some other following errors).  It's the feedback loop
which kills the machine.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	rostedt@home.goodmis.org, Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] printk: Console owner and waiter logic cleanup
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:05:57 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180110190557.GA3460072@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180110184144.GR6176@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>

Hello,

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 07:41:44PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Typically we (scheduler) have removed printk()s (on boot) when BIGSMP
> folks say it creates boot pain. Much of it is now behind the sched_debug
> parameter, others are compressed.
> 
> I've also seen other people reduce printk()s.
> 
> In general reducing printk() is a good thing, its a low bandwidth
> channel for critical stuff like OOPSen and the like.

Yeah, sure, no disagreement there.  It's just that this is a provision
for when that breaks down.  In the described scenario, it's also not
caused by any particular one printing too many messages.  OOM is just
printing OOM info and packet tx is just printing standard alloc failed
message (and some other following errors).  It's the feedback loop
which kills the machine.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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Thread overview: 280+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-10 13:24 [PATCH v5 0/2] printk: Console owner and waiter logic cleanup Petr Mladek
2018-01-10 13:24 ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-10 13:24 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes Petr Mladek
2018-01-10 13:24   ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-10 16:50   ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 16:50     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 16:54   ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 16:54     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 17:11     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 17:11       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-17 19:13       ` Rasmus Villemoes
2018-01-17 19:13         ` Rasmus Villemoes
2018-01-17 19:33         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-17 19:33           ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-19  9:51         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-19  9:51           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-18 22:03     ` Pavel Machek
2018-01-18 22:03       ` Pavel Machek
2018-01-19  0:20       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-19  0:20         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-17  2:19   ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-17  2:19     ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-17  4:54     ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-17  4:54       ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-17  7:34     ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-17  7:34       ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-17 12:04     ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-17 12:04       ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-18  1:53       ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-18  1:53         ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-18  1:57         ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-18  1:57           ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-18  2:19         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-18  2:19           ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-18  4:01           ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-18  4:01             ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-18 15:21             ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-18 15:21               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-19  2:37               ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-19  2:37                 ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-19  3:27                 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-19  3:27                   ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-22  2:31                   ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-22  2:31                     ` Byungchul Park
2018-01-10 13:24 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] printk: Hide console waiter logic into helpers Petr Mladek
2018-01-10 13:24   ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-10 17:52   ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 17:52     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-11 12:03     ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-11 12:03       ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-12 15:37       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 15:37         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 16:08         ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-12 16:08           ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-12 16:36           ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 16:36             ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-15 16:08             ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-15 16:08               ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-16  5:05               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  5:05                 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-10 14:05 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] printk: Console owner and waiter logic cleanup Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 14:05   ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 16:29   ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-10 16:29     ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-10 17:02     ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 17:02       ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:21       ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-10 18:21         ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-10 18:30         ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:30           ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:41           ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-10 18:41             ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-10 19:05             ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2018-01-10 19:05               ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-11  5:15         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11  5:15           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-10 18:22       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 18:22         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 18:36         ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:36           ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:40       ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-01-10 18:40         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-01-11  7:36         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11  7:36           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11 11:24           ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-11 11:24             ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-11 13:19             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11 13:19               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-24  9:36       ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24  9:36         ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24 18:46         ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-24 18:46           ` Tejun Heo
2018-05-09  8:58       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-05-09  8:58         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-10 18:54     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 18:54       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-11  5:10     ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11  5:10       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-10 18:05   ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 18:05     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 18:12     ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:12       ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:14       ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:14         ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:45         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 18:45           ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 18:41       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 18:41         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 18:57         ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 18:57           ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 19:17           ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 19:17             ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 19:34             ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 19:34               ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 19:44               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 19:44                 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-10 22:44                 ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-10 22:44                   ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-11  5:35             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11  5:35               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11  4:58     ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11  4:58       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11  9:34       ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-11  9:34         ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-11 10:38         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11 10:38           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-11 11:50           ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-11 11:50             ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-11 16:29           ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-11 16:29             ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12  1:30             ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12  1:30               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12  2:55               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12  2:55                 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12  4:20                 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12  4:20                   ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-16 19:44                 ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-16 19:44                   ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-17  9:12                   ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-17  9:12                     ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-17 15:15                     ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-17 15:15                       ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-17 17:12                       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-17 17:12                         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-17 18:42                         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-17 18:42                           ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-19 18:20                           ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-19 18:20                             ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-20  7:14                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-20  7:14                               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-20 15:49                               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-20 15:49                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-21 14:15                                 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-21 14:15                                   ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-21 21:04                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-21 21:04                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-22  8:56                                     ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-22  8:56                                       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-22 10:28                                       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-22 10:28                                         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-22 10:36                                         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-22 10:36                                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23  6:40                                   ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23  6:40                                     ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23  7:05                                     ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23  7:05                                       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23  7:31                                     ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23  7:31                                       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23 14:56                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-23 14:56                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-23 15:21                                       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23 15:21                                         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23 15:41                                         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-23 15:41                                           ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-23 15:43                                           ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-23 15:43                                             ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-23 16:12                                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23 16:12                                               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23 16:13                                             ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-23 16:13                                               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-23 17:21                                               ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-23 17:21                                                 ` Tejun Heo
2018-04-23  5:35                                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-04-23  5:35                                               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23 16:01                                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23 16:01                                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23 16:24                                             ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-23 16:24                                               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-24  2:11                                               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-24  2:11                                                 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-24  2:52                                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-24  2:52                                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-24  4:44                                                   ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-24  4:44                                                     ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-23 17:22                                             ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-23 17:22                                               ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-20 12:19                             ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-20 12:19                               ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-20 14:51                               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-20 14:51                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-17 20:05                         ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-17 20:05                           ` Tejun Heo
2018-01-18  5:43                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-18  5:43                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-18 11:51                           ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-18 11:51                             ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-18  5:42                         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-18  5:42                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-12  3:12               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-12  3:12                 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-12  2:56             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-12  2:56               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-12  3:21               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12  3:21                 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 10:05                 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-12 10:05                   ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-12 12:21                   ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 12:21                     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-12 12:55                     ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-12 12:55                       ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-13  7:31                       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-13  7:31                         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-15  8:51                         ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-15  8:51                           ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-15  9:48                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-15  9:48                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  5:16                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  5:16                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  9:08                             ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-16  9:08                               ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-15 12:08                       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-15 12:08                         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-16  4:51                         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  4:51                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-13  7:28                     ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-13  7:28                       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-15 10:17                       ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-15 10:17                         ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-15 11:50                         ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-15 11:50                           ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-16  6:10                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  6:10                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  9:36                             ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-16  9:36                               ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-16 10:10                               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16 10:10                                 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16 16:06                             ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-16 16:06                               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-16  5:23                         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  5:23                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-15 12:06                       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-15 12:06                         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-15 14:45                         ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-15 14:45                           ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-16  2:23                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  2:23                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  4:47                             ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  4:47                               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16 10:19                               ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-16 10:19                                 ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-17  2:24                                 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-17  2:24                                   ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16 15:45                               ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-16 15:45                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-17  2:18                                 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-17  2:18                                   ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-17 13:04                                   ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-17 13:04                                     ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-17 15:24                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-17 15:24                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-18  4:31                                     ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-18  4:31                                       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-18 15:22                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-18 15:22                                         ` Steven Rostedt
2018-01-16 10:13                             ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-16 10:13                               ` Petr Mladek
2018-01-17  6:29                               ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-17  6:29                                 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  1:46                         ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2018-01-16  1:46                           ` Sergey Senozhatsky

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