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-rw-r--r--kernel/printk/nbcon.c26
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
index fd12efcc4aed..d60596777d27 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
@@ -1671,6 +1671,9 @@ bool nbcon_alloc(struct console *con)
{
struct nbcon_state state = { };
+ /* Synchronize the kthread start. */
+ lockdep_assert_console_list_lock_held();
+
/* The write_thread() callback is mandatory. */
if (WARN_ON(!con->write_thread))
return false;
@@ -1701,12 +1704,15 @@ bool nbcon_alloc(struct console *con)
return false;
}
- if (printk_kthreads_running) {
+ if (printk_kthreads_ready && !have_boot_console) {
if (!nbcon_kthread_create(con)) {
kfree(con->pbufs);
con->pbufs = NULL;
return false;
}
+
+ /* Might be the first kthread. */
+ printk_kthreads_running = true;
}
}
@@ -1716,14 +1722,30 @@ bool nbcon_alloc(struct console *con)
/**
* nbcon_free - Free and cleanup the nbcon console specific data
* @con: Console to free/cleanup nbcon data
+ *
+ * Important: @have_nbcon_console must be updated before calling
+ * this function. In particular, it can be set only when there
+ * is still another nbcon console registered.
*/
void nbcon_free(struct console *con)
{
struct nbcon_state state = { };
- if (printk_kthreads_running)
+ /* Synchronize the kthread stop. */
+ lockdep_assert_console_list_lock_held();
+
+ if (printk_kthreads_running) {
nbcon_kthread_stop(con);
+ /* Might be the last nbcon console.
+ *
+ * Do not rely on printk_kthreads_check_locked(). It is not
+ * called in some code paths, see nbcon_free() callers.
+ */
+ if (!have_nbcon_console)
+ printk_kthreads_running = false;
+ }
+
nbcon_state_set(con, &state);
/* Boot consoles share global printk buffers. */