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authorSergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>2016-03-17 14:21:23 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-03-17 15:09:34 -0700
commit6b97a20d3a7909daa06625d4440c2c52d7bf08d7 (patch)
treeaa794a72f34aceddfaacea169feec753460ab889 /kernel/printk
parenta8199371afc27946d72f0d53e938e78d2ea0bae3 (diff)
downloadlinux-6b97a20d3a7909daa06625d4440c2c52d7bf08d7.tar.gz
printk: set may_schedule for some of console_trylock() callers
console_unlock() allows to cond_resched() if its caller has set
`console_may_schedule' to 1, since 8d91f8b15361 ("printk: do
cond_resched() between lines while outputting to consoles").

The rules are:
-- console_lock() always sets `console_may_schedule' to 1
-- console_trylock() always sets `console_may_schedule' to 0

However, console_trylock() callers (among them is printk()) do not
always call printk() from atomic contexts, and some of them can
cond_resched() in console_unlock(), so console_trylock() can set
`console_may_schedule' to 1 for such processes.

For !CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT kernels, however, console_trylock() always
sets `console_may_schedule' to 0.

It's possible to drop explicit preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() in
vprintk_emit(), because console_unlock() and console_trylock() are now
smart enough:
 a) console_unlock() does not cond_resched() when it's unsafe
    (console_trylock() takes care of that)
 b) console_unlock() does can_use_console() check.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Cc: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/printk')
-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);