From c14376de3a1befa70d9811ca2872d47367b48767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Mladek Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:44:20 +0100 Subject: printk: Wake klogd when passing console_lock owner wake_klogd is a local variable in console_unlock(). The information is lost when the console_lock owner using the busy wait added by the commit dbdda842fe96f8932 ("printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes"). The following race is possible: CPU0 CPU1 console_unlock() for (;;) /* calling console for last message */ printk() log_store() log_next_seq++; /* see new message */ if (seen_seq != log_next_seq) { wake_klogd = true; seen_seq = log_next_seq; } console_lock_spinning_enable(); if (console_trylock_spinning()) /* spinning */ if (console_lock_spinning_disable_and_check()) { printk_safe_exit_irqrestore(flags); return; console_unlock() if (seen_seq != log_next_seq) { /* already seen */ /* nothing to do */ Result: Nobody would wakeup klogd. One solution would be to make a global variable from wake_klogd. But then we would need to manipulate it under a lock or so. This patch wakes klogd also when console_lock is passed to the spinning waiter. It looks like the right way to go. Also userspace should have a chance to see and store any "flood" of messages. Note that the very late klogd wake up was a historic solution. It made sense on single CPU systems or when sys_syslog() operations were synchronized using the big kernel lock like in v2.1.113. But it is questionable these days. Fixes: dbdda842fe96f8932 ("printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180226155734.dzwg3aovqnwtvkoy@pathway.suse.cz Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Tejun Heo Suggested-by: Sergey Senozhatsky Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek --- kernel/printk/printk.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index db4b9b8929eb..4d818642ac0e 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ skip: if (console_lock_spinning_disable_and_check()) { printk_safe_exit_irqrestore(flags); - return; + goto out; } printk_safe_exit_irqrestore(flags); @@ -2430,6 +2430,7 @@ skip: if (retry && console_trylock()) goto again; +out: if (wake_klogd) wake_up_klogd(); } -- cgit