linux-kernel - [PATCH printk v3 13/14] printk: Avoid non-panic CPUs writing to ringbuffer

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Message-Id: <20231214214201.499426-14-john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:48:00 +0106
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 v3 13/14] printk: Avoid non-panic CPUs writing to ringbuffer

Commit 13fb0f74d702 ("printk: Avoid livelock with heavy printk
during panic") introduced a mechanism to silence non-panic CPUs
if too many messages are being dropped. Aside from trying to
workaround the livelock bugs of legacy consoles, it was also
intended to avoid losing panic messages. However, if non-panic
CPUs are writing to the ringbuffer, then reacting to dropped
messages is too late.

To avoid losing panic CPU messages, silence non-panic CPUs
immediately on panic.

Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/printk/printk.c | 26 ++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index cb99c854a648..1685a71f3f71 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -462,12 +462,6 @@ static int console_msg_format = MSG_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(syslog_lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
-/*
- * During panic, heavy printk by other CPUs can delay the
- * panic and risk deadlock on console resources.
- */
-static int __read_mostly suppress_panic_printk;
-
 DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait);
 /* All 3 protected by @syslog_lock. */
 /* the next printk record to read by syslog(READ) or /proc/kmsg */
@@ -2322,7 +2316,12 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 	if (unlikely(suppress_printk))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(suppress_panic_printk) && other_cpu_in_panic())
+	/*
+	 * The messages on the panic CPU are the most important. If
+	 * non-panic CPUs are generating any messages, they will be
+	 * silently dropped.
+	 */
+	if (other_cpu_in_panic())
 		return 0;
 
 	if (level == LOGLEVEL_SCHED) {
@@ -2799,8 +2798,6 @@ void console_prepend_dropped(struct printk_message *pmsg, unsigned long dropped)
 bool printk_get_next_message(struct printk_message *pmsg, u64 seq,
 			     bool is_extended, bool may_suppress)
 {
-	static int panic_console_dropped;
-
 	struct printk_buffers *pbufs = pmsg->pbufs;
 	const size_t scratchbuf_sz = sizeof(pbufs->scratchbuf);
 	const size_t outbuf_sz = sizeof(pbufs->outbuf);
@@ -2828,17 +2825,6 @@ bool printk_get_next_message(struct printk_message *pmsg, u64 seq,
 	pmsg->seq = r.info->seq;
 	pmsg->dropped = r.info->seq - seq;
 
-	/*
-	 * Check for dropped messages in panic here so that printk
-	 * suppression can occur as early as possible if necessary.
-	 */
-	if (pmsg->dropped &&
-	    panic_in_progress() &&
-	    panic_console_dropped++ > 10) {
-		suppress_panic_printk = 1;
-		pr_warn_once("Too many dropped messages. Suppress messages on non-panic CPUs to prevent livelock.\n");
-	}
-
 	/* Skip record that has level above the console loglevel. */
 	if (may_suppress && suppress_message_printing(r.info->level))
 		goto out;
-- 
2.39.2