linux-kernel - Re: linux.git: printk() problem

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:55:54 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux.git: printk() problem

Hello,

Cc more people

report: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=147721454506634&w=2

patch: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=147733173800859


FB is using ext header a lot (afaik), so may be Tejun or Calvin
will also be interested.

On (10/24/16 10:55), Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Note the "totally untested" part. It compiles for me. But it may do
> > unspeakably stupid things. Caveat applior.
> 
> Well, it is hard to apply a patch that I didn't even attach. Blush.

[..]

> -static void cont_flush(void)
> +static bool cont_flush(void)
>  {
> -	if (cont.flushed)
> -		return;
> -	if (cont.len == 0)
> +	if (!cont.len)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	log_store(cont.facility, cont.level, cont.flags, cont.ts_nsec,
> +		  NULL, 0, cont.buf, cont.len);
> +	cont.len = 0;
> +	return true;
> +}


I think cont_flush() should grab the logbuf_lock lock, because
it does log_store() and touches the cont.len. so something like
this perhaps

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index c7f490f..47f887c 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1608,13 +1608,20 @@ static struct cont {
 
 static bool cont_flush(void)
 {
+       unsigned long flags;
+       bool flushed = false;
+
+       raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
        if (!cont.len)
-               return false;
+               goto out;
 
        log_store(cont.facility, cont.level, cont.flags, cont.ts_nsec,
                  NULL, 0, cont.buf, cont.len);
        cont.len = 0;
-       return true;
+       flushed = true;
+out:
+       raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+       return flushed;
 }


[..]
> @@ -2449,7 +2311,6 @@ void console_unlock(void)
>  		}
>  		console_idx = log_next(console_idx);
>  		console_seq++;
> -		console_prev = msg->flags;
>  		raw_spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock);
>  
>  		stop_critical_timings();	/* don't trace print latency */
> @@ -2483,7 +2344,7 @@ void console_unlock(void)
>  	if (retry && console_trylock())
>  		goto again;
>  
> -	if (wake_klogd)
> +	if (wake_klogd || cont.len)
			^^^^^^^^^^
this _technically_ can result in additional spurious wakeups - cont.len
check is done outside of console_sem && logbuf_lock - but I don't think
this is a huge problem.

	-ss