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-rw-r--r--kernel/printk/nbcon.c38
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
index 558ef3177976..dda336ffabdd 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@
* from scratch.
*/
+/* Counter of active nbcon emergency contexts. */
+static atomic_t nbcon_cpu_emergency_cnt = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
/**
* nbcon_state_set - Helper function to set the console state
* @con: Console to update
@@ -1163,6 +1166,16 @@ static bool nbcon_kthread_should_wakeup(struct console *con, struct nbcon_contex
if (kthread_should_stop())
return true;
+ /*
+ * Block the kthread when the system is in an emergency or panic mode.
+ * It increases the chance that these contexts would be able to show
+ * the messages directly. And it reduces the risk of interrupted writes
+ * where the context with a higher priority takes over the nbcon console
+ * ownership in the middle of a message.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(atomic_read(&nbcon_cpu_emergency_cnt)))
+ return false;
+
cookie = console_srcu_read_lock();
flags = console_srcu_read_flags(con);
@@ -1214,6 +1227,13 @@ wait_for_event:
if (kthread_should_stop())
return 0;
+ /*
+ * Block the kthread when the system is in an emergency or panic
+ * mode. See nbcon_kthread_should_wakeup() for more details.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(atomic_read(&nbcon_cpu_emergency_cnt)))
+ goto wait_for_event;
+
backlog = false;
/*
@@ -1655,6 +1675,8 @@ void nbcon_cpu_emergency_enter(void)
preempt_disable();
+ atomic_inc(&nbcon_cpu_emergency_cnt);
+
cpu_emergency_nesting = nbcon_get_cpu_emergency_nesting();
(*cpu_emergency_nesting)++;
}
@@ -1669,10 +1691,24 @@ void nbcon_cpu_emergency_exit(void)
unsigned int *cpu_emergency_nesting;
cpu_emergency_nesting = nbcon_get_cpu_emergency_nesting();
-
if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(*cpu_emergency_nesting == 0))
(*cpu_emergency_nesting)--;
+ /*
+ * Wake up kthreads because there might be some pending messages
+ * added by other CPUs with normal priority since the last flush
+ * in the emergency context.
+ */
+ if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&nbcon_cpu_emergency_cnt) == 0)) {
+ if (atomic_dec_return(&nbcon_cpu_emergency_cnt) == 0) {
+ struct console_flush_type ft;
+
+ printk_get_console_flush_type(&ft);
+ if (ft.nbcon_offload)
+ nbcon_kthreads_wake();
+ }
+ }
+
preempt_enable();
}