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| author | Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2014-06-19 17:33:31 -0400 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2014-11-19 22:01:21 -0500 |
| commit | afdc34a3d3b823a12a93b822ee1efb566f884032 (patch) | |
| tree | d770a2806476751adba361918edb8826762db730 /include/linux/printk.h | |
| parent | 8d58e99af5980d444948720977b0976455885391 (diff) | |
printk: Add per_cpu printk func to allow printk to be diverted
Being able to divert printk to call another function besides the normal
logging is useful for such things like NMI handling. If some functions
are to be called from NMI that does printk() it is possible to lock up
the box if the nmi handler triggers when another printk is happening.
One example of this use is to perform a stack trace on all CPUs via NMI.
But if the NMI is to do the printk() it can cause the system to lock up.
By allowing the printk to be diverted to another function that can safely
record the printk output and then print it when it in a safe context
then NMIs will be safe to call these functions like show_regs().
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140619213952.209176403@goodmis.org
Tested-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/printk.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/printk.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h index d78125f73ac4..3bbd979d32fb 100644 --- a/include/linux/printk.h +++ b/include/linux/printk.h @@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ extern int kptr_restrict; extern void wake_up_klogd(void); +typedef int(*printk_func_t)(const char *fmt, va_list args); + void log_buf_kexec_setup(void); void __init setup_log_buf(int early); void dump_stack_set_arch_desc(const char *fmt, ...); |