linux-kernel - [PATCH printk v2 28/38] printk: console_unblank: use srcu console list iterator

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Message-Id: <20221019145600.1282823-29-john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 17:01:50 +0206
From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH printk v2 28/38] printk: console_unblank: use srcu console list iterator

Use srcu console list iteration for console list traversal.

Document why the console_lock is still necessary.

Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/printk/printk.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index c4d5d58b5977..0c37ab208395 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2948,10 +2948,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_conditional_schedule);
 void console_unblank(void)
 {
 	struct console *c;
+	int cookie;
 
 	/*
-	 * console_unblank can no longer be called in interrupt context unless
-	 * oops_in_progress is set to 1..
+	 * Stop console printing because the unblank() callback may
+	 * assume the console is not within its write() callback.
+	 *
+	 * If @oops_in_progress is set, this may be an atomic context.
+	 * In that case, attempt a trylock as best-effort.
 	 */
 	if (oops_in_progress) {
 		if (down_trylock_console_sem() != 0)
@@ -2961,9 +2965,14 @@ void console_unblank(void)
 
 	console_locked = 1;
 	console_may_schedule = 0;
-	for_each_console(c)
+
+	cookie = console_srcu_read_lock();
+	for_each_console_srcu(c) {
 		if (console_is_enabled(c) && c->unblank)
 			c->unblank();
+	}
+	console_srcu_read_unlock(cookie);
+
 	console_unlock();
 
 	if (!oops_in_progress)
-- 
2.30.2