linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] lockdep: Use line-buffered printk() for lockdep messages.

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Message-ID: <20181102133629.GN3178@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 2 Nov 2018 14:36:29 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] lockdep: Use line-buffered printk() for lockdep
 messages.

On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 10:31:57PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> syzbot is sometimes getting mixed output like below due to concurrent
> printk(). Mitigate such output by using line-buffered printk() API.
> 
>   RCU used illegally from idle CPU!
>   rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
>   RSP: 0018:ffffffff88007bb8 EFLAGS: 00000286
>   RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state!
>    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffff13
>   1 lock held by swapper/1/0:
>   RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 1ffffffff1000f7b RCX: 0000000000000000
>    #0: 
>   RDX: 1ffffffff10237b8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffffffff8811bdc0
>   000000004b34587c
>   RBP: ffffffff88007bb8 R08: ffffffff88075e00 R09: 0000000000000000
>    (
>   R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
>   rcu_read_lock
>   R13: ffffffff88007c78 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
>   ){....}
>    arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:94 [inline]
>    default_idle+0xc2/0x410 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:498
>   , at: trace_call_bpf+0xf8/0x640 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:46

WTH is that buffered aPI, and no, that breaks my earlyprintk stuff.