linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] printk: add interface for disabling recursion check

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Date:	Fri, 25 May 2012 15:19:49 +0800
From:	ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@...el.com>
To:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, andi@...stfloor.org,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] printk: add interface for disabling recursion check

From: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@...el.com>

With some special scenario, such as Machine Check Exception happened
in printk, we want to bypass printk recursion check to print some
important information. So we add these interfaces in printk.

1) printk_recursion_check_disable() for disabling recursion check
2) printk_recursion_check_enable() for enabling recursion check

Signed-off-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@...el.com>
---
 include/linux/printk.h |    3 +++
 kernel/printk.c        |   16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 1bec2f7..da48ec7 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ static inline void console_verbose(void)
 		console_loglevel = 15;
 }
 
+void printk_recursion_check_disable(void);
+void printk_recursion_check_enable(void);
+
 struct va_format {
 	const char *fmt;
 	va_list *va;
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 32462d2..61067fe 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ int console_printk[4] = {
 int oops_in_progress;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(oops_in_progress);
 
+static atomic_t recursion_check_disabled = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+void printk_recursion_check_disable(void)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&recursion_check_disabled);
+}
+
+void printk_recursion_check_enable(void)
+{
+	atomic_dec(&recursion_check_disabled);
+}
+
 /*
  * console_sem protects the console_drivers list, and also
  * provides serialisation for access to the entire console
@@ -1295,7 +1307,9 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 		 * recursion and return - but flag the recursion so that
 		 * it can be printed at the next appropriate moment:
 		 */
-		if (!oops_in_progress && !lockdep_recursing(current)) {
+		if (!atomic_read(&recursion_check_disabled)
+			&& !oops_in_progress
+			&& !lockdep_recursing(current)) {
 			recursion_bug = 1;
 			goto out_restore_irqs;
 		}
-- 
1.7.1
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