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Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:57:45 +0200 From: "Fabio M. Di Nitto" <fdinitto@...hat.com> To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...tec.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Avoid crashes by early (boot) consoles using init memory Hi Petr, On 7/14/2017 2:51 PM, Petr Mladek wrote: > Some early consoles have code and data in the init section. It makes some > sense but this might cause problems when they are not replaced by > the real console in time. The two patches fix the safequard and > help to avoid the problems. > > I though about removing keep_bootcon option completely. But it is useful > at least for now. Let´s just keep in mind that keep_bootcon was introduced only to debug issues (read crashes or hangs) that could happen between disabling bootconsole and enabling the real console. It shouldn´t be used for anything else really. If the new code can replace keep_bootcon, by all mean, go for it :-) Cheers Fabio > There is not an easy way to disable a particular bootconsole > when the related real console is installed. Instead all bootconsoles are > removed when the preferred (last on the commandline) console is registered. > But this is a bit cumbersome and non-intuitive. > > In addition, the same problems might happen when the real console is > registered using a deferred probe or when it is not registered at all > for some reason. > > The patchset is based on and inspired by the original patch from > Matt Redfearn, see the discussion starting by the mail > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1499337481-19397-1-git-send-email-matt.redfearn@imgtec.com > > Matt Redfearn (1): > printk/console: Always disable boot consoles that use init memory > before it is freed > > Petr Mladek (1): > printk/console: Enhance the check for consoles using init memory > > kernel/printk/printk.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) >
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