We need interrupts disabled when calling console_trylock_for_printk() only so that cpu id we pass to can_use_console() remains valid (for other things console_sem provides all the exclusion we need and deadlocks on console_sem due to interrupts are impossible because we use down_trylock()). However if we are rescheduled, we are guaranteed to run on an online cpu so we can easily just get the cpu id in can_use_console().
We can lose a bit of performance when we enable interrupts in vprintk_emit() and then disable them again in console_unlock() but OTOH it can somewhat reduce interrupt latency caused by console_unlock(). We differ from (reverted) commit 939f04bec1a4 in that we avoid calling console_unlock() from vprintk_emit() with lockdep enabled as that has unveiled quite some bugs leading to system freezes during boot (e.g. https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/30/242, https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/28/521). Tested-by: Andreas Bombe <a...@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz> --- kernel/printk/printk.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Andrew, can you please queue this patch? Thanks. diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index 13e839dbca07..fe4154d83fe4 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -1416,10 +1416,9 @@ static int have_callable_console(void) /* * Can we actually use the console at this time on this cpu? * - * Console drivers may assume that per-cpu resources have - * been allocated. So unless they're explicitly marked as - * being able to cope (CON_ANYTIME) don't call them until - * this CPU is officially up. + * Console drivers may assume that per-cpu resources have been allocated. So + * unless they're explicitly marked as being able to cope (CON_ANYTIME) don't + * call them until this CPU is officially up. */ static inline int can_use_console(unsigned int cpu) { @@ -1432,8 +1431,10 @@ static inline int can_use_console(unsigned int cpu) * console_lock held, and 'console_locked' set) if it * is successful, false otherwise. */ -static int console_trylock_for_printk(unsigned int cpu) +static int console_trylock_for_printk(void) { + unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id(); + if (!console_trylock()) return 0; /* @@ -1608,7 +1609,8 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level, */ if (!oops_in_progress && !lockdep_recursing(current)) { recursion_bug = 1; - goto out_restore_irqs; + local_irq_restore(flags); + return 0; } zap_locks(); } @@ -1716,21 +1718,30 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level, logbuf_cpu = UINT_MAX; raw_spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock); + lockdep_on(); + local_irq_restore(flags); /* If called from the scheduler, we can not call up(). */ if (!in_sched) { + lockdep_off(); + /* + * Disable preemption to avoid being preempted while holding + * console_sem which would prevent anyone from printing to + * console + */ + preempt_disable(); + /* * Try to acquire and then immediately release the console * semaphore. The release will print out buffers and wake up * /dev/kmsg and syslog() users. */ - if (console_trylock_for_printk(this_cpu)) + if (console_trylock_for_printk()) console_unlock(); + preempt_enable(); + lockdep_on(); } - lockdep_on(); -out_restore_irqs: - local_irq_restore(flags); return printed_len; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(vprintk_emit); -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
