linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] sched/core: Add debug code to catch missing update_rq

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:17:25 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@...tn.it>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>,
        Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@...el.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] sched/core: Add debug code to catch missing
 update_rq_clock()

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 11:39:09AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> bit banging the serial port is absolutely awesome, the rest of printk
> not so much.

I also have this second patch that goes on top of this.

I think I had more hacks (like using the per-cpu NMI buffers for output
instead of the on-stack thing), but I cannot seem to find them just now.

---
 kernel/printk/printk.c |   16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -356,14 +356,28 @@ static int __init force_early_printk_set
 }
 early_param("force_early_printk", force_early_printk_setup);
 
+static int early_printk_cpu = -1;
+
 static int early_vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
+	int n, cpu, old;
 	char buf[512];
-	int n;
+
+	cpu = get_cpu();
+	for (;;) {
+		old = cmpxchg(&early_printk_cpu, -1, cpu);
+		if (old == -1 || old == cpu)
+			break;
+
+		cpu_relax();
+	}
 
 	n = vscnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
 	early_console->write(early_console, buf, n);
 
+	smp_store_release(&early_printk_cpu, old);
+	put_cpu();
+
 	return n;
 }