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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/console.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/panic.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/printk/printk.c | 35 |
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h index bd194343c346..ea731af2451e 100644 --- a/include/linux/console.h +++ b/include/linux/console.h @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ extern int console_trylock(void); extern void console_unlock(void); extern void console_conditional_schedule(void); extern void console_unblank(void); +extern void console_flush_on_panic(void); extern struct tty_driver *console_device(int *); extern void console_stop(struct console *); extern void console_start(struct console *); diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c index b333380c6bb2..d96469de72dc 100644 --- a/kernel/panic.c +++ b/kernel/panic.c @@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...) * panic() is not being callled from OOPS. */ debug_locks_off(); - console_trylock(); - console_unlock(); + console_flush_on_panic(); if (!panic_blink) panic_blink = no_blink; diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index 0c9f02506169..08934a395c1a 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -2234,13 +2234,24 @@ void console_unlock(void) static u64 seen_seq; unsigned long flags; bool wake_klogd = false; - bool retry; + bool do_cond_resched, retry; if (console_suspended) { up_console_sem(); return; } + /* + * Console drivers are called under logbuf_lock, so + * @console_may_schedule should be cleared before; however, we may + * end up dumping a lot of lines, for example, if called from + * console registration path, and should invoke cond_resched() + * between lines if allowable. Not doing so can cause a very long + * scheduling stall on a slow console leading to RCU stall and + * softlockup warnings which exacerbate the issue with more + * messages practically incapacitating the system. + */ + do_cond_resched = console_may_schedule; console_may_schedule = 0; /* flush buffered message fragment immediately to console */ @@ -2312,6 +2323,9 @@ skip: call_console_drivers(level, ext_text, ext_len, text, len); start_critical_timings(); local_irq_restore(flags); + + if (do_cond_resched) + cond_resched(); } console_locked = 0; @@ -2379,6 +2393,25 @@ void console_unblank(void) console_unlock(); } +/** + * console_flush_on_panic - flush console content on panic + * + * Immediately output all pending messages no matter what. + */ +void console_flush_on_panic(void) +{ + /* + * If someone else is holding the console lock, trylock will fail + * and may_schedule may be set. Ignore and proceed to unlock so + * that messages are flushed out. As this can be called from any + * context and we don't want to get preempted while flushing, + * ensure may_schedule is cleared. + */ + console_trylock(); + console_may_schedule = 0; + console_unlock(); +} + /* * Return the console tty driver structure and its associated index */ |