linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCHv2 7/8] printk: add printk emergency

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Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:25:10 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: [RFC][PATCHv2 7/8] printk: add printk emergency_mode parameter

This param permits user-space to forcibly on/off printk emergency
mode via /sys/module/printk/parameters/emergency_mode node.

We have annotated sections in the kernel that switch printk to
emergency, but there might be places/cases when user space would
want to have printk operate in emergency mode all the time.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
---
 kernel/printk/printk.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 1927b5cb5cbe..0d96839bb450 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static struct task_struct *printk_kthread __read_mostly;
 static atomic_t printk_emergency __read_mostly;
 /*
  * Disable printk_kthread permanently. Unlike `oops_in_progress'
- * it doesn't go back to 0.
+ * it doesn't go back to 0 (unless enforced by user-space).
  */
 static bool printk_kthread_disabled __read_mostly;
 
@@ -483,6 +483,24 @@ void printk_emergency_end(void)
 	atomic_dec(&printk_emergency);
 }
 
+static int printk_kthread_disabled_set(const char *val,
+					const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
+}
+
+static const struct kernel_param_ops printk_kthread_disabled_ops = {
+	.set = printk_kthread_disabled_set,
+	.get = param_get_bool,
+};
+
+module_param_cb(emergency_mode,
+		&printk_kthread_disabled_ops,
+		&printk_kthread_disabled,
+		0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(emergency_mode,
+		"don't offload message printing to printk kthread");
+
 /* Return log buffer address */
 char *log_buf_addr_get(void)
 {
-- 
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