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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--kernel/panic.c13
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6287f6be4a98..a18e30a95931 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3727,6 +3727,10 @@
bit 4: print ftrace buffer
bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
+ *Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
+ so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
+ Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
+ bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
panic_on_taint= Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 3c3fb36d8d41..eb4dfb932c85 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -148,10 +148,13 @@ void nmi_panic(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *msg)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nmi_panic);
-static void panic_print_sys_info(void)
+static void panic_print_sys_info(bool console_flush)
{
- if (panic_print & PANIC_PRINT_ALL_PRINTK_MSG)
- console_flush_on_panic(CONSOLE_REPLAY_ALL);
+ if (console_flush) {
+ if (panic_print & PANIC_PRINT_ALL_PRINTK_MSG)
+ console_flush_on_panic(CONSOLE_REPLAY_ALL);
+ return;
+ }
if (panic_print & PANIC_PRINT_ALL_CPU_BT)
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace();
@@ -286,6 +289,8 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
*/
atomic_notifier_call_chain(&panic_notifier_list, 0, buf);
+ panic_print_sys_info(false);
+
kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC);
/*
@@ -316,7 +321,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
debug_locks_off();
console_flush_on_panic(CONSOLE_FLUSH_PENDING);
- panic_print_sys_info();
+ panic_print_sys_info(true);
if (!panic_blink)
panic_blink = no_blink;