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author | Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> | 2018-02-26 15:44:20 +0100 |
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committer | Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> | 2018-02-27 10:25:50 +0100 |
commit | c14376de3a1befa70d9811ca2872d47367b48767 (patch) | |
tree | db46c75232ae3777fb20438f4fb0415ade0e1e5a /kernel | |
parent | 3a129cc2151425e5aeb69aeb25fbc994ec738137 (diff) | |
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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 <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/printk/printk.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
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(); } |