linux-kernel - Re: possible circular locking dependency detected [was: linux-next: Tree for Aug 22]

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Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2017 14:44:38 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:     Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>,
        Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>,
        peterz@...radead.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "martin.petersen@...cle.com" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "sfr@...b.auug.org.au" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        "linux-next@...r.kernel.org" <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: possible circular locking dependency detected [was: linux-next:
 Tree for Aug 22]

On (08/23/17 13:35), Boqun Feng wrote:
[..]
> > >  		printk(KERN_CONT ");\n");
> > 
> > KERN_CONT and "\n" should not be together. "\n" flushes the cont
> > buffer immediately.
> > 
> 
> Hmm.. Not quite familiar with printk() stuffs, but I could see several
> usages of printk(KERN_CONT "...\n") in kernel.
> 
> Did a bit research myself, and I now think the inappropriate use is to
> use a KERN_CONT printk *after* another printk ending with a "\n". Am I
> missing some recent changes or rules of KERN_CONT?

has been this way for quite some time (if not always).

LOG_NEWLINE results in cont_flush(), which log_store() the content
of KERN_CONT buffer.

if we see that supplied message has no \n then we store it in a
dedicated buffer (cont buffer)

	if (!(lflags & LOG_NEWLINE))
		return cont_add();
	
	return log_store();

we flush that buffer (move its content to the kernel log buffer) when
we receive a message with a \n or when printk() from another task/context
interrupts the current cont line and, thus, forces us to flush.

	-ss