On 2020-07-09, Petr Mladek <pmla...@suse.com> wrote:
> I though more about it. IMHO, it will be better to modify
> prb_first_seq() to do the same cycle as prb_next_seq()
> and return seq number of the first valid entry.

Exactly!

Here is a patch that does just that. I added a prb_first_valid_seq()
function and made prb_first_seq() static. (The ringbuffer still needs
prb_first_seq() for itself.)

John Ogness


diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 0b1337f4188c..fec71229169e 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -775,9 +775,9 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user 
*buf,
                logbuf_lock_irq();
        }
 
-       if (user->seq < prb_first_seq(prb)) {
+       if (user->seq < prb_first_valid_seq(prb)) {
                /* our last seen message is gone, return error and reset */
-               user->seq = prb_first_seq(prb);
+               user->seq = prb_first_valid_seq(prb);
                ret = -EPIPE;
                logbuf_unlock_irq();
                goto out;
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static loff_t devkmsg_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t 
offset, int whence)
        switch (whence) {
        case SEEK_SET:
                /* the first record */
-               user->seq = prb_first_seq(prb);
+               user->seq = prb_first_valid_seq(prb);
                break;
        case SEEK_DATA:
                /*
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static __poll_t devkmsg_poll(struct file *file, poll_table 
*wait)
        logbuf_lock_irq();
        if (prb_read_valid(prb, user->seq, NULL)) {
                /* return error when data has vanished underneath us */
-               if (user->seq < prb_first_seq(prb))
+               if (user->seq < prb_first_valid_seq(prb))
                        ret = EPOLLIN|EPOLLRDNORM|EPOLLERR|EPOLLPRI;
                else
                        ret = EPOLLIN|EPOLLRDNORM;
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static int devkmsg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file 
*file)
                        &user->dict_buf[0], sizeof(user->dict_buf));
 
        logbuf_lock_irq();
-       user->seq = prb_first_seq(prb);
+       user->seq = prb_first_valid_seq(prb);
        logbuf_unlock_irq();
 
        file->private_data = user;
@@ -1631,9 +1631,9 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, int 
source)
        /* Number of chars in the log buffer */
        case SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD:
                logbuf_lock_irq();
-               if (syslog_seq < prb_first_seq(prb)) {
+               if (syslog_seq < prb_first_valid_seq(prb)) {
                        /* messages are gone, move to first one */
-                       syslog_seq = prb_first_seq(prb);
+                       syslog_seq = prb_first_valid_seq(prb);
                        syslog_partial = 0;
                }
                if (source == SYSLOG_FROM_PROC) {
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk);
 #define printk_time            false
 
 #define prb_read_valid(rb, seq, r)     false
-#define prb_first_seq(rb)              0
+#define prb_first_valid_seq(rb)                0
 
 static u64 syslog_seq;
 static u64 console_seq;
@@ -2627,7 +2627,7 @@ void console_flush_on_panic(enum con_flush_mode mode)
                unsigned long flags;
 
                logbuf_lock_irqsave(flags);
-               console_seq = prb_first_seq(prb);
+               console_seq = prb_first_valid_seq(prb);
                logbuf_unlock_irqrestore(flags);
        }
        console_unlock();
@@ -3395,9 +3395,9 @@ bool kmsg_dump_get_buffer(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper, 
bool syslog,
                goto out;
 
        logbuf_lock_irqsave(flags);
-       if (dumper->cur_seq < prb_first_seq(prb)) {
+       if (dumper->cur_seq < prb_first_valid_seq(prb)) {
                /* messages are gone, move to first available one */
-               dumper->cur_seq = prb_first_seq(prb);
+               dumper->cur_seq = prb_first_valid_seq(prb);
        }
 
        /* last entry */
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c 
b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
index f4a670f7289d..70ad5a091e96 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1420,22 +1420,8 @@ static int prb_read(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 
seq,
        return desc_read_committed_seq(desc_ring, id, seq, &desc);
 }
 
-/**
- * prb_first_seq() - Get the sequence number of the tail descriptor.
- *
- * @rb:  The ringbuffer to get the sequence number from.
- *
- * This is the public function available to readers to see what the
- * first/oldest sequence number is.
- *
- * This provides readers a starting point to begin iterating the ringbuffer.
- * Note that the returned sequence number might not belong to a valid record.
- *
- * Context: Any context.
- * Return: The sequence number of the first/oldest record or, if the
- *         ringbuffer is empty, 0 is returned.
- */
-u64 prb_first_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb)
+/* Get the sequence number of the tail descriptor. */
+static u64 prb_first_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb)
 {
        struct prb_desc_ring *desc_ring = &rb->desc_ring;
        enum desc_state d_state;
@@ -1576,6 +1562,31 @@ bool prb_read_valid_info(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, 
u64 seq,
        return _prb_read_valid(rb, &seq, &r, line_count);
 }
 
+/**
+ * prb_first_valid_seq() - Get the sequence number of the oldest available
+ *                         record.
+ *
+ * @rb: The ringbuffer to get the sequence number from.
+ *
+ * This is the public function available to readers to see what the
+ * first/oldest sequence number is.
+ *
+ * This provides readers a starting point to begin iterating the ringbuffer.
+ *
+ * Context: Any context.
+ * Return: The sequence number of the first/oldest record or, if the
+ *         ringbuffer is empty, 0 is returned.
+ */
+u64 prb_first_valid_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb)
+{
+       u64 seq = 0;
+
+       if (!_prb_read_valid(rb, &seq, NULL, NULL))
+               return 0;
+
+       return seq;
+}
+
 /**
  * prb_next_seq() - Get the sequence number after the last available record.
  *
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h 
b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h
index 711ced305cc7..3e46a7423c13 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ bool prb_read_valid(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 seq,
 bool prb_read_valid_info(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 seq,
                         struct printk_info *info, unsigned int *line_count);
 
-u64 prb_first_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb);
+u64 prb_first_valid_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb);
 u64 prb_next_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb);
 
 #endif /* _KERNEL_PRINTK_RINGBUFFER_H */

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