linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kexec: fix the unexpected kexec

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Message-ID: <ZhtFUT3Xmab3CqoI@MiWiFi-R3L-srv>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 10:54:09 +0800
From: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To: Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Cc: kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jirislaby@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kexec: fix the unexpected kexec_dprintk() macro

Hi Dave,

On 04/12/24 at 03:28pm, Dave Young wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 at 12:23, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jiri reported that the current kexec_dprintk() always prints out
> > debugging message whenever kexec/kdmmp loading is triggered. That is
> > not wanted. The debugging message is supposed to be printed out when
> > 'kexec -s -d' is specified for kexec/kdump loading.
> >
> > After investigating, the reason is the current kexec_dprintk() takes
> > printk(KERN_INFO) or printk(KERN_DEBUG) depending on whether '-d' is
> > specified. However, distros usually have defaulg log level like below:
> >
> >  [~]# cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk
> >  7       4      1       7
> >
> > So, even though '-d' is not specified, printk(KERN_DEBUG) also always
> > prints out. I thought printk(KERN_DEBUG) is equal to pr_debug(), it's
> > not.
> >
> > Fix it by changing to use pr_info() instead which are expected to work.
> 
> Could you also update the kernel/crash_core.c and
> kernel/crash_reserve.c to include the filename prefix?
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt

When I added pr_fmt() to kernel/crash_reserve.c and tested code, the
printed boot log about crashkernel reservation is changed as below:

[  +0.000000] crash_reserve: crashkernel reserved: 0x000000007d000000 - 0x0000000095000000 (384 MB)

When I looked around, I noticed all other lines around don't have the
module name printed out. Seems it's not appropriate to add one for
crashkernel alone. And the kexec_dprintk() doesn't exist in
kernel/crash_reserve.c. Furthermore, the kexec_dprintk() is added to
enable debugging printing for kexec_file_load when loading kexec/kdump
kernel. This crashkernel reservation may not be related. Combinbed these
all, I would suggest not adding pr_fmt() for kernel/crash_reserve.c for
now, let's add pr_fmt() for kernel/crash_core.c, what do you think?

> 
> >
> > Fixes: cbc2fe9d9cb2 ("kexec_file: add kexec_file flag to control debug printing")
> > Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
> > Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/4c775fca-5def-4a2d-8437-7130b02722a2@kernel.org
> > ---
> > v1->v2:
> > - Change to use pr_info() only when "kexec -s -d" is specified. With
> >   this change, those debugging message for "kexec -c -d" of kexec_load
> >   will be missed. We'll see if we need add them for kexec_load too, if
> >   someone explicitly requests it.
> >
> >  include/linux/kexec.h | 6 ++----
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
> > index 060835bb82d5..f31bd304df45 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kexec.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
> > @@ -461,10 +461,8 @@ static inline void arch_kexec_pre_free_pages(void *vaddr, unsigned int pages) {
> >
> >  extern bool kexec_file_dbg_print;
> >
> > -#define kexec_dprintk(fmt, ...)                                        \
> > -       printk("%s" fmt,                                        \
> > -              kexec_file_dbg_print ? KERN_INFO : KERN_DEBUG,   \
> > -              ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > +#define kexec_dprintk(fmt, arg...) \
> > +        do { if (kexec_file_dbg_print) pr_info(fmt, ##arg); } while (0)
> >
> >  #else /* !CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
> >  struct pt_regs;
> > --
> > 2.41.0
> >
> >
>