From: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>, Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> Subject: [PATCHv6 4/7] printk: always use deferred printk when flush printk_safe lines Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 23:36:02 +0900 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20161221143605.2272-5-sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20161221143605.2272-1-sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Always use printk_deferred() in printk_safe_flush_line(). Flushing can be done from NMI or printk_safe contexts (when we are in panic), so we can't call console drivers, yet still want to store the messages in the logbuf buffer. Therefore we use a deferred printk version. Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> --- kernel/printk/printk_safe.c | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c b/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c index a041927a127b..9e8ef6a2070c 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c @@ -113,14 +113,12 @@ static int printk_safe_log_store(struct printk_safe_seq_buf *s, static void printk_safe_flush_line(const char *text, int len) { /* - * The buffers are flushed in NMI only on panic. The messages must - * go only into the ring buffer at this stage. Consoles will get - * explicitly called later when a crashdump is not generated. + * Avoid any console drivers calls from here, because we may be + * in NMI or printk_safe context (when in panic). The messages + * must go only into the ring buffer at this stage. Consoles will + * get explicitly called later when a crashdump is not generated. */ - if (in_nmi()) - printk_deferred("%.*s", len, text); - else - printk("%.*s", len, text); + printk_deferred("%.*s", len, text); } /* printk part of the temporary buffer line by line */ -- 2.11.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-21 14:41 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2016-12-21 14:35 [PATCHv6 0/7] printk: use printk_safe to handle printk() recursive calls Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-21 14:35 ` [PATCHv6 1/7] printk: use vprintk_func in vprintk() Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-21 14:36 ` [PATCHv6 2/7] printk: rename nmi.c and exported api Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-21 19:45 ` Linus Torvalds 2016-12-22 1:17 ` Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-21 14:36 ` [PATCHv6 3/7] printk: introduce per-cpu safe_print seq buffer Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-22 0:53 ` kbuild test robot 2016-12-22 1:18 ` Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-22 16:36 ` Petr Mladek 2016-12-21 14:36 ` Sergey Senozhatsky [this message] 2016-12-21 14:36 ` [PATCHv6 5/7] printk: report lost messages in printk safe/nmi contexts Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-23 10:54 ` Petr Mladek 2016-12-23 15:08 ` Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-21 14:36 ` [PATCHv6 6/7] printk: use printk_safe buffers in printk Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-22 5:31 ` Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-22 17:10 ` Petr Mladek 2016-12-23 1:46 ` Sergey Senozhatsky 2016-12-23 9:53 ` Petr Mladek 2016-12-21 14:36 ` [PATCHv6 7/7] printk: remove zap_locks() function Sergey Senozhatsky
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