linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10-rt] printk: fix suppressed message print when reboot/panic

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Date:   Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:31:42 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Schspa Shi <schspa@...il.com>
Cc:     pmladek@...e.com, sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, john.ogness@...utronix.de,
        linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10-rt] printk: fix suppressed message print when
 reboot/panic

On 2022-03-21 13:38:16 [+0800], Schspa Shi wrote:
> Update printk_seq for suppressed message.
> 
> Affects 5.9-rt and 5.10-rt
> 
> When message is suppressed, printk_seq should be updated, otherwise
> this message will be printed when reboot. This problem was introduced
> in commit 3edc0c85d154 ("printk: Rebase on top of new ring buffer").

So it is only 5.10 given that 5.9 is not maintained.
That commits points to the printk update in v5.9.1-rt18.
John?

> Signed-off-by: Schspa Shi <schspa@...il.com>
> ---
>  kernel/printk/printk.c | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> index 0c56873396a9..f68c4ba7eb4d 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -2826,8 +2826,17 @@ static int printk_kthread_func(void *data)
>  		if (!(con->flags & CON_ENABLED))
>  			continue;
>  
> -		if (suppress_message_printing(r.info->level))
> +		printk_seq = atomic64_read(&con->printk_seq);
> +
> +		if (suppress_message_printing(r.info->level)) {
> +			/*
> +			 * Skip record we have buffered and already printed
> +			 * directly to the console when we received it, and
> +			 * record that has level above the console loglevel.
> +			 */
> +			atomic64_cmpxchg_relaxed(&con->printk_seq, printk_seq, seq);
>  			continue;
> +		}
>  
>  		if (con->flags & CON_EXTENDED) {
>  			len = info_print_ext_header(ext_text,
> @@ -2843,7 +2852,6 @@ static int printk_kthread_func(void *data)
>  				printk_time);
>  		}
>  
> -		printk_seq = atomic64_read(&con->printk_seq);
>  
>  		console_lock();
>  		console_may_schedule = 0;
> -- 
> 2.29.0
>