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-rw-r--r--kernel/printk/printk.c23
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 2523332bd998..a6d023c3b852 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1758,20 +1758,12 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
if (!in_sched) {
lockdep_off();
/*
- * Disable preemption to avoid being preempted while holding
- * console_sem which would prevent anyone from printing to
- * console
- */
- preempt_disable();
-
- /*
* Try to acquire and then immediately release the console
* semaphore. The release will print out buffers and wake up
* /dev/kmsg and syslog() users.
*/
if (console_trylock())
console_unlock();
- preempt_enable();
lockdep_on();
}
@@ -2122,7 +2114,20 @@ int console_trylock(void)
return 0;
}
console_locked = 1;
- console_may_schedule = 0;
+ /*
+ * When PREEMPT_COUNT disabled we can't reliably detect if it's
+ * safe to schedule (e.g. calling printk while holding a spin_lock),
+ * because preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() are just barriers there
+ * and preempt_count() is always 0.
+ *
+ * RCU read sections have a separate preemption counter when
+ * PREEMPT_RCU enabled thus we must take extra care and check
+ * rcu_preempt_depth(), otherwise RCU read sections modify
+ * preempt_count().
+ */
+ console_may_schedule = !oops_in_progress &&
+ preemptible() &&
+ !rcu_preempt_depth();
return 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_trylock);