linux-kernel - bug: keep_bootcon and early printk together can lead to (invisible) kernel panic

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Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:37:17 +0100
From:	"Patrik, Kluba" <pkluba@...sion.com>
To:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: bug: keep_bootcon and early printk together can lead to (invisible)
 kernel panic

Hi!

I had a silent lockup on one of our embedded system under development.
It was not easy to track it down, so here's what I discovered, in case
somebody runs into similar trouble.
Using 'keep_bootcon' command line parameter, and enabling early printk
can lead to a kernel panic. At least on MIPS, it does. The problem is
that in arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c everything is declared as
__init and __initdata, so they are being freed, when the kernel
frees .init.* sections. If 'keep_bootcon' is given, the early console
does not get unregistered, and the entry in the console_drivers list
can point (will, believe me) to garbage data. It's up to you to imagine
the effects...

Regards,
Patrik

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