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Console pointer in uart_port might be shared among multiple uart
ports. Flag port locked by nbcon should be saved in uart_port
structure instead of in console structure.
Fixes: 6424f396c49e ("printk: nbcon: Implement processing in port->lock wrapper")
Suggested-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Junxiao Chang <junxiao.chang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240123054033.183114-2-junxiao.chang@intel.com
(cherry picked from commit d4fb86a96cb4a1efd24ca13a2ac234a1c9a3fdc5)
Signed-off-by: Clark Williams <clark.williams@gmail.com>
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printk may invoke the legacy console driver from atomic context. This leads to
a lockdep splat because the console driver will acquire a sleeping lock and the
caller may also hold a spinning lock. This is noticed by lockdep on !PREEMPT_RT
configurations because it will also lead to a problem on PREEMPT_RT.
On PREEMPT_RT the atomic path is always avoided and the console driver is
always invoked from a dedicated thread. Thus the lockdep splat is a false
positive.
Override the lock-context before invoking the console driver.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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The write callback of legacy consoles make use of spinlocks.
This is not permitted with PREEMPT_RT in atomic contexts.
Create a new kthread to handle printing of all the legacy
consoles (and nbcon consoles if boot consoles are registered).
Since the consoles are printing in a task context, it is no
longer appropriate to support the legacy handover mechanism.
These changes exist only for CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Contexts may become nbcon owners for various reasons, not just
for printing. Indeed, the port->lock wrapper takes ownership
for anything relating to the hardware.
Since ownership can be lost at any time due to handover or
takeover, a context _should_ be prepared to back out
immediately and carefully. However, there are many scenarios
where the context _must_ reacquire ownership in order to
finalize or revert hardware changes.
One such example is when interrupts are disabled by a context.
No other context will automagically re-enable the interrupts.
For this case, the disabling context _must_ reacquire nbcon
ownership so that it can re-enable the interrupts.
Provide nbcon_reacquire() for exactly this purpose.
Note that for printing contexts, after a successful reacquire
the context will have no output buffer because that has been
lost. nbcon_reacquire() cannot be used to resume printing.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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If there are no boot consoles, the printing threads are started
in early_initcall.
If there are boot consoles, the printing threads are started
after the last boot console has unregistered. The printing
threads do not need to be concerned about boot consoles because
boot consoles cannot register once a non-boot console has
registered.
Until a printing thread of a console has started, that console
will print using atomic_write() in the printk() caller context.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Register a syscore_ops shutdown function to stop all threaded
printers on shutdown/reboot. This allows printk to transition back
to atomic printing in order to provide a robust mechanism for
outputting the final messages.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Add a function to wakeup the printer threads. Use the new function
when:
- records are added to the printk ringbuffer
- consoles are resumed
- triggered via printk_trigger_flush()
The actual waking is performed via irq_work so that the wakeup can
be triggered from any context.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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The nbcon consoles have two callbacks to be used for different
contexts. In order to determine if an nbcon console is usable,
console_is_usable() needs to know if it is a context that will
use the write_atomic() callback or the write_thread() callback.
Add an extra parameter @use_atomic to specify this.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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For nbcon consoles, normally the printing is handled by the
dedicated console printing threads. However, on shutdown the
printing threads may not get a chance to print the final
messages.
When shutting down or rebooting (system_state > SYSTEM_RUNNING),
perform atomic printing from the printk() caller context.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Provide the main implementation for running a printer kthread
per nbcon console that is takeover/handover aware.
The main print function nbcon_emit_next_record() will generate
a warning if a task other than the dedicated printer thread
tries to print using write_thread().
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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In emergency situations (something has gone wrong but the
system continues to operate), usually important information
(such as a backtrace) is generated via printk(). Each
individual printk record has little meaning. It is the
collection of printk messages that is most often needed by
developers and users.
In order to help ensure that the collection of printk messages
in an emergency situation are all stored to the ringbuffer as
quickly as possible, disable console output for that CPU while
it is in the emergency situation. When exiting the emergency
situation, trigger the consoles to be flushed.
Add per-CPU emergency nesting tracking because an emergency
can arise while in an emergency situation.
Add functions to mark the beginning and end of emergency
sections where the urgent messages are generated.
Do not print if the current CPU is in an emergency state.
Trigger console flushing when exiting all emergency nesting.
Note that the emergency state is not system-wide. While one CPU
is in an emergency state, another CPU may continue to print
console messages.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Perform printing by nbcon consoles on the panic CPU from the
printk() caller context in order to get panic messages printed
as soon as possible.
If legacy and nbcon consoles are registered, the legacy consoles
will no longer perform direct printing on the panic CPU until
after the backtrace has been stored. This will give the safe
nbcon consoles a chance to print the panic messages before
allowing the unsafe legacy consoles to print.
If no nbcon consoles are registered, there is no change in
behavior (i.e. legacy consoles will always attempt to print
from the printk() caller context).
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Add a global flag @have_nbcon_console to identify if any nbcon
consoles are registered. This will be used in follow-up commits
to preserve legacy behavior when no nbcon consoles are registered.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Currently the console lock is used to attempt legacy-type
printing even if there are no legacy or boot consoles registered.
If no such consoles are registered, the console lock does not
need to be taken.
Also, if boot consoles are registered, nbcon consoles must
perform their atomic printing under the console lock in order
to be synchronized with boot consoles.
Add tracking of legacy console registration and use it with
boot console tracking to avoid unnecessary code paths, i.e.
do not use the console lock if there are no boot consoles
and no legacy consoles.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Add nbcon_atomic_flush_unsafe() to flush all nbcon consoles
using the write_atomic() callback and allowing unsafe hostile
takeovers. Call this at the end of panic() as a final attempt
to flush any pending messages.
Note that legacy consoles use unsafe methods for flushing
from the beginning of panic (see bust_spinlocks()). Therefore,
systems using both legacy and nbcon consoles may still fail to
see panic messages due to unsafe legacy console usage.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Use the current state of the CPU to determine which priority to
assign to the printing context.
Note: The uart_port wrapper, which is responsible for non-console-
printing activities, will always use NORMAL priority.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Allow nbcon consoles to print messages in the printk() caller
context by integrating them into console_flush_all(). The
write_atomic() callback is used for printing.
Provide nbcon_console_emit_next_record(), which acts as the
nbcon variant of console_emit_next_record(). Call this variant
within console_flush_all() for nbcon consoles. Since nbcon
consoles use their own @nbcon_seq variable to track the next
record to print, this also must be appropriately handled.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Unfortunately it is not known if a boot console and a regular
(legacy or nbcon) console use the same hardware. For this reason
they must not be allowed to print simultaneously.
For legacy consoles this is not an issue because they are
already synchronized with the boot consoles using the console
lock. However nbcon consoles can be triggered separately.
Add a global flag @have_boot_console to identify if any boot
consoles are registered. This will be used in follow-up commits
to ensure that boot consoles and nbcon consoles cannot print
simultaneously.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Provide nbcon_atomic_flush_all() to perform flushing of all
registered nbcon consoles using their write_atomic() callback.
Like with legacy consoles, the nbcon consoles are flushed one
record per console. This allows all nbcon consoles to print
lines pseudo-simultaneously, rather than one console waiting
for the full ringbuffer to dump to another console before
printing anything.
Unlike console_flush_all(), nbcon_atomic_flush_all() will only
flush up through the newest record at the time of the call.
This prevents a CPU from printing unbounded when other CPUs are
adding records.
Perform nbcon console atomic flushing in
console_flush_on_panic(). This function is not only used in
panic() but also other locations where there may be stored
messages that need to be flushed.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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The caller of console_is_usable() usually needs @console->flags
for its own checks. Rather than having console_is_usable() read
its own copy, make the caller pass in the @flags. This also
ensures that the caller saw the same @flags value.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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The nbcon consoles use a different printing callback. For nbcon
consoles, check for the write_atomic() callback instead of
write().
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Move console_is_usable() as-is into internal.h so that it can
be used by nbcon printing functions as well.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Currently the port->lock wrappers uart_port_lock(),
uart_port_unlock() (and their variants) only lock/unlock
the spin_lock.
If the port is an nbcon console, the wrappers must also
acquire/release the console and mark the region as unsafe. This
allows general port->lock synchronization to be synchronized
with the nbcon console ownership.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Add validation that printk_deferred_enter()/_exit() are called in
non-migration contexts.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Until now it was assumed that ownership has been lost when the
write_atomic() callback fails. nbcon_emit_next_record() only
returns false when ownership has been lost.
Ensure ownership has been lost before reporting failure by
explicitly attempting a release. If the current context is not
the owner, the release has no effect.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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kernel/printk/printk.c:284:5: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in
'console_srcu_read_lock' - wrong count at exit
include/linux/srcu.h:301:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in
'console_srcu_read_unlock' - unexpected unlock
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Fixes: 6c4afa79147e ("printk: Prepare for SRCU console list protection")
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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If a non-boot console is registering and boot consoles exist, the
consoles are flushed before being unregistered. This allows the
non-boot console to continue where the boot console left off.
If for whatever reason flushing fails, the lowest seq found from
any of the enabled boot consoles is used. Until now con->seq was
checked. However, if it is an nbcon boot console, the function
nbcon_seq_read() must be used to read seq because con->seq is
always 0.
Check if it is an nbcon boot console and if so call
nbcon_seq_read() to read seq.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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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@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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The commit d51507098ff91 ("printk: disable optimistic spin
during panic") added checks to avoid becoming a console waiter
if a panic is in progress.
However, the transition to panic can occur while there is
already a waiter. The current owner should not pass the lock to
the waiter because it might get stopped or blocked anytime.
Also the panic context might pass the console lock owner to an
already stopped waiter by mistake. It might happen when
console_flush_on_panic() ignores the current lock owner, for
example:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
console_lock_spinning_enable()
console_trylock_spinning()
[CPU1 now console waiter]
NMI: panic()
panic_other_cpus_shutdown()
[stopped as console waiter]
console_flush_on_panic()
console_lock_spinning_enable()
[print 1 record]
console_lock_spinning_disable_and_check()
[handover to stopped CPU1]
This results in panic() not flushing the panic messages.
Fix these problems by disabling all spinning operations
completely during panic().
Another advantage is that it prevents possible deadlocks caused
by "console_owner_lock". The panic() context does not need to
take it any longer. The lockless checks are safe because the
functions become NOPs when they see the panic in progress. All
operations manipulating the state are still synchronized by the
lock even when non-panic CPUs would notice the panic
synchronously.
The current owner might stay spinning. But non-panic() CPUs
would get stopped anyway and the panic context will never start
spinning.
Fixes: dbdda842fe96 ("printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes")
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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A descriptor in the committed state means the record does not yet
exist for the reader. However, for the panic CPU, committed
records should be handled as finalized records since they contain
message data in a consistent state and may contain additional
hints as to the cause of the panic.
Add an exception for records in the commit state to not be
considered non-existing when reading from the panic CPU.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Normally a reader will stop once reaching a non-finalized
record. However, when a panic happens, writers from other CPUs
(or an interrupted context on the panic CPU) may have been
writing a record and were unable to finalize it. The panic CPU
will reserve/commit/finalize its panic records, but these will
be located after the non-finalized records. This results in
panic() not flushing the panic messages.
Extend _prb_read_valid() to skip over non-finalized records if
on the panic CPU.
Fixes: 896fbe20b4e2 ("printk: use the lockless ringbuffer")
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Currently pr_flush() will only wait for records that were
available to readers at the time of the call (using
prb_next_seq()). But there may be more records (non-finalized)
that have following finalized records. pr_flush() should wait
for these to print as well. Particularly because any trailing
finalized records may be the messages that the calling context
wants to ensure are printed.
Add a new ringbuffer function prb_next_reserve_seq() to return
the sequence number following the most recently reserved record.
This guarantees that pr_flush() will wait until all current
printk() messages (completed or in progress) have been printed.
Fixes: 3b604ca81202 ("printk: add pr_flush()")
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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With the lockless ringbuffer, it is allowed that multiple
CPUs/contexts write simultaneously into the buffer. This creates
an ambiguity as some writers will finalize sooner.
The documentation for the prb_read functions is not clear as it
refers to "not yet written" and "no data available". Clarify the
return values and language to be in terms of the reader: records
available for reading.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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There is already panic_in_progress() and other_cpu_in_panic(),
but checking if the current CPU is the panic CPU must still be
open coded.
Add this_cpu_in_panic() to complete the set.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Currently @suppress_panic_printk is checked along with
non-matching @panic_cpu and current CPU. This works
because @suppress_panic_printk is only set when
panic_in_progress() is true.
Rather than relying on the @suppress_panic_printk semantics,
use the concise helper function other_cpu_in_progress(). The
helper function exists to avoid open coding such tests.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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For empty line records, no data blocks are created. Instead,
these valid records are identified by special logical position
values (in fields of @prb_desc.text_blk_lpos).
Currently the macro NO_LPOS is used for empty line records.
This name is confusing because it does not imply _why_ there is
no data block.
Rename NO_LPOS to EMPTY_LINE_LPOS so that it is clear why there
is no data block.
Also add comments explaining the use of EMPTY_LINE_LPOS as well
as clarification to the values used to represent data-less
blocks.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Commit f244b4dc53e5 ("printk: ringbuffer: Improve
prb_next_seq() performance") introduced an optimization for
prb_next_seq() by using best-effort to track recently finalized
records. However, the order of finalization does not
necessarily match the order of the records. The optimization
changed prb_next_seq() to return inconsistent results, possibly
yielding sequence numbers that are not available to readers
because they are preceded by non-finalized records or they are
not yet visible to the reader CPU.
Rather than simply best-effort tracking recently finalized
records, force the committing writer to read records and
increment the last "contiguous block" of finalized records. In
order to do this, the sequence number instead of ID must be
stored because ID's cannot be directly compared.
A new memory barrier pair is introduced to guarantee that a
reader can always read the records up until the sequence number
returned by prb_next_seq() (unless the records have since
been overwritten in the ringbuffer).
This restores the original functionality of prb_next_seq()
while also keeping the optimization.
For 32bit systems, only the lower 32 bits of the sequence
number are stored. When reading the value, it is expanded to
the full 64bit sequence number using the 32bit seq macros,
which fold in the value returned by prb_first_seq().
Fixes: f244b4dc53e5 ("printk: ringbuffer: Improve prb_next_seq() performance")
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Note: This change only applies to 32bit architectures. On 64bit
architectures the macros are NOPs.
Currently prb_next_seq() is used as the base for the 32bit seq
macros __u64seq_to_ulseq() and __ulseq_to_u64seq(). However, in
a follow-up commit, prb_next_seq() will need to make use of the
32bit seq macros.
Use prb_first_seq() as the base for the 32bit seq macros instead
because it is guaranteed to return 64bit sequence numbers without
relying on any 32bit seq macros.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Note: This change only applies to 32bit architectures. On 64bit
architectures the macros are NOPs.
__ulseq_to_u64seq() computes the upper 32 bits of the passed
argument value (@ulseq). The upper bits are derived from a base
value (@rb_next_seq) in a way that assumes @ulseq represents a
64bit number that is less than or equal to @rb_next_seq.
Until now this mapping has been correct for all call sites. However,
in a follow-up commit, values of @ulseq will be passed in that are
higher than the base value. This requires a change to how the 32bit
value is mapped to a 64bit sequence number.
Rather than mapping @ulseq such that the base value is the end of a
32bit block, map @ulseq such that the base value is in the middle of
a 32bit block. This allows supporting 31 bits before and after the
base value, which is deemed acceptable for the console sequence
number during runtime.
Here is an example to illustrate the previous and new mappings.
For a base value (@rb_next_seq) of 2 2000 0000...
Before this change the range of possible return values was:
1 2000 0001 to 2 2000 0000
__ulseq_to_u64seq(1fff ffff) => 2 1fff ffff
__ulseq_to_u64seq(2000 0000) => 2 2000 0000
__ulseq_to_u64seq(2000 0001) => 1 2000 0001
__ulseq_to_u64seq(9fff ffff) => 1 9fff ffff
__ulseq_to_u64seq(a000 0000) => 1 a000 0000
__ulseq_to_u64seq(a000 0001) => 1 a000 0001
After this change the range of possible return values are:
1 a000 0001 to 2 a000 0000
__ulseq_to_u64seq(1fff ffff) => 2 1fff ffff
__ulseq_to_u64seq(2000 0000) => 2 2000 0000
__ulseq_to_u64seq(2000 0001) => 2 2000 0001
__ulseq_to_u64seq(9fff ffff) => 2 9fff ffff
__ulseq_to_u64seq(a000 0000) => 2 a000 0000
__ulseq_to_u64seq(a000 0001) => 1 a000 0001
[ john.ogness: Rewrite commit message. ]
Reported-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@dolcini.it>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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The macros __seq_to_nbcon_seq() and __nbcon_seq_to_seq() are
used to provide support for atomic handling of sequence numbers
on 32bit systems. Until now this was only used by nbcon.c,
which is why they were located in nbcon.c and include nbcon in
the name.
In a follow-up commit this functionality is also needed by
printk_ringbuffer. Rather than duplicating the functionality,
relocate the macros to printk_ringbuffer.h.
Also, since the macros will be no longer nbcon-specific, rename
them to __u64seq_to_ulseq() and __ulseq_to_u64seq().
This does not result in any functional change.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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pr_flush() does not guarantee that all messages would really get flushed
to the console. The best it could do is to wait with a given timeout.[*]
The current interval 100ms for checking the progress might seem too
long in some situations. For example, such delays are not appreciated
during suspend and resume especially when the consoles have been flushed
"long" time before the check.
On the other hand, the sleeping wait might be useful in other situations.
Especially, it would allow flushing the messages using printk kthreads
on the same CPU[*].
Use msleep(1) as a compromise.
Also measure the time using jiffies. msleep() does not guarantee
precise wakeup after the given delay. It might be much longer,
especially for times < 20s. See Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst
for more details.
Note that msecs_to_jiffies() already translates a negative value into
an infinite timeout.
[*] console_unlock() does not guarantee flushing the consoles since
the commit dbdda842fe96f893 ("printk: Add console owner and waiter
logic to load balance console writes").
It would be possible to guarantee it another way. For example,
the spinning might be enabled only when the console_lock has been
taken via console_trylock().
But the load balancing is helpful. And more importantly, the flush
with a timeout has been added as a preparation step for introducing
printk kthreads.
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231006082151.6969-3-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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When CONFIG_PRINTK is not set, PRINTK_MESSAGE_MAX is 0. This
leads to a zero-sized array @outbuf in @printk_shared_pbufs. In
console_flush_all() a pointer to the first element of the array
is assigned with:
char *outbuf = &printk_shared_pbufs.outbuf[0];
For !CONFIG_PRINTK this leads to a compiler warning:
warning: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of
'char[0]' [-Warray-bounds]
This is not really dangerous because printk_get_next_message()
always returns false for !CONFIG_PRINTK, which leads to @outbuf
never being used. However, it makes no sense to even compile
these functions for !CONFIG_PRINTK.
Extend the existing '#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK' block to contain
the formatting and emitting functions since these have no
purpose in !CONFIG_PRINTK. This also allows removing several
more !CONFIG_PRINTK dummies as well as moving
@suppress_panic_printk into a CONFIG_PRINTK block.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202309201724.M9BMAQIh-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230920155238.670439-1-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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For the write_atomic callback, the console driver may have unsafe
regions that need to be appropriately marked. Provide functions
that accept the nbcon_write_context struct to allow for the driver
to enter and exit unsafe regions.
Also provide a function for drivers to check if they are still the
owner of the console.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230916192007.608398-9-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Implement an emit function for nbcon consoles to output printk
messages. It utilizes the lockless printk_get_next_message() and
console_prepend_dropped() functions to retrieve/build the output
message. The emit function includes the required safety points to
check for handover/takeover and calls a new write_atomic callback
of the console driver to output the message. It also includes
proper handling for updating the nbcon console sequence number.
A new nbcon_write_context struct is introduced. This is provided
to the write_atomic callback and includes only the information
necessary for performing atomic writes.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230916192007.608398-8-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Add an atomic_long_t field @nbcon_seq to the console struct to
store the sequence number for nbcon consoles. For nbcon consoles
this will be used instead of the non-atomic @seq field. The new
field allows for safe atomic sequence number updates without
requiring any locking.
On 64bit systems the new field stores the full sequence number.
On 32bit systems the new field stores the lower 32 bits of the
sequence number, which are expanded to 64bit as needed by
folding the values based on the sequence numbers available in
the ringbuffer.
For 32bit systems, having a 32bit representation in the console
is sufficient. If a console ever gets more than 2^31 records
behind the ringbuffer then this is the least of the problems.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230916192007.608398-7-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Provide functions that are related to the safe handover mechanism
and allow console drivers to dynamically specify unsafe regions:
- nbcon_context_can_proceed()
Invoked by a console owner to check whether a handover request
is pending or whether the console has been taken over by another
context. If a handover request is pending, this function will
also perform the handover, thus cancelling its own ownership.
- nbcon_context_enter_unsafe()/nbcon_context_exit_unsafe()
Invoked by a console owner to denote that the driver is about
to enter or leave a critical region where a take over is unsafe.
The exit variant is the point where the current owner releases
the lock for a higher priority context which asked for the
friendly handover.
The unsafe state is stored in the console state and allows a
new context to make informed decisions whether to attempt a
takeover of such a console. The unsafe state is also available
to the driver so that it can make informed decisions about the
required actions and possibly take a special emergency path.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230916192007.608398-6-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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In case of hostile takeovers it must be ensured that the previous
owner cannot scribble over the output buffer of the emergency/panic
context. This is achieved by:
- Adding a global output buffer instance for the panic context.
This is the only situation where hostile takeovers can occur and
there is always at most 1 panic context.
- Allocating an output buffer per non-boot console upon console
registration. This buffer is used by the console owner when not
in panic context. (For boot consoles, the existing shared global
legacy output buffer is used instead. Boot console printing will
be synchronized with legacy console printing.)
- Choosing the appropriate buffer is handled in the acquire/release
functions.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230916192007.608398-5-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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The nbcon boot consoles also need printk buffers that are available
very early. Since the nbcon boot consoles will also be serialized
by the console_lock, they can use the same static printk buffers
that the legacy consoles are using.
Make the legacy static printk buffers available outside of printk.c
so they can be used by nbcon.c.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230916192007.608398-4-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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Add per console acquire/release functionality.
The state of the console is maintained in the "nbcon_state" atomic
variable.
The console is locked when:
- The 'prio' field contains the priority of the context that owns the
console. Only higher priority contexts are allowed to take over the
lock. A value of 0 (NBCON_PRIO_NONE) means the console is not locked.
- The 'cpu' field denotes on which CPU the console is locked. It is used
to prevent busy waiting on the same CPU. Also it informs the lock owner
that it has lost the lock in a more complex scenario when the lock was
taken over by a higher priority context, released, and taken on another
CPU with the same priority as the interrupted owner.
The acquire mechanism uses a few more fields:
- The 'req_prio' field is used by the handover approach to make the
current owner aware that there is a context with a higher priority
waiting for the friendly handover.
- The 'unsafe' field allows to take over the console in a safe way in the
middle of emitting a message. The field is set only when accessing some
shared resources or when the console device is manipulated. It can be
cleared, for example, after emitting one character when the console
device is in a consistent state.
- The 'unsafe_takeover' field is set when a hostile takeover took the
console in an unsafe state. The console will stay in the unsafe state
until re-initialized.
The acquire mechanism uses three approaches:
1) Direct acquire when the console is not owned or is owned by a lower
priority context and is in a safe state.
2) Friendly handover mechanism uses a request/grant handshake. It is used
when the current owner has lower priority and the console is in an
unsafe state.
The requesting context:
a) Sets its priority into the 'req_prio' field.
b) Waits (with a timeout) for the owning context to unlock the
console.
c) Takes the lock and clears the 'req_prio' field.
The owning context:
a) Observes the 'req_prio' field set on exit from the unsafe
console state.
b) Gives up console ownership by clearing the 'prio' field.
3) Unsafe hostile takeover allows to take over the lock even when the
console is an unsafe state. It is used only in panic() by the final
attempt to flush consoles in a try and hope mode.
Note that separate record buffers are used in panic(). As a result,
the messages can be read and formatted without any risk even after
using the hostile takeover in unsafe state.
The release function simply clears the 'prio' field.
All operations on @console::nbcon_state are atomic cmpxchg based to
handle concurrency.
The acquire/release functions implement only minimal policies:
- Preference for higher priority contexts.
- Protection of the panic CPU.
All other policy decisions must be made at the call sites:
- What is marked as an unsafe section.
- Whether to spin-wait if there is already an owner and the console is
in an unsafe state.
- Whether to attempt an unsafe hostile takeover.
The design allows to implement the well known:
acquire()
output_one_printk_record()
release()
The output of one printk record might be interrupted with a higher priority
context. The new owner is supposed to reprint the entire interrupted record
from scratch.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230916192007.608398-3-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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The current console/printk subsystem is protected by a Big Kernel Lock,
(aka console_lock) which has ill defined semantics and is more or less
stateless. This puts severe limitations on the console subsystem and
makes forced takeover and output in emergency and panic situations a
fragile endeavour that is based on try and pray.
The goal of non-BKL (nbcon) consoles is to break out of the console lock
jail and to provide a new infrastructure that avoids the pitfalls and
also allows console drivers to be gradually converted over.
The proposed infrastructure aims for the following properties:
- Per console locking instead of global locking
- Per console state that allows to make informed decisions
- Stateful handover and takeover
As a first step, state is added to struct console. The per console state
is an atomic_t using a 32bit bit field.
Reserve state bits, which will be populated later in the series. Wire
it up into the console register/unregister functionality.
It was decided to use a bitfield because using a plain u32 with
mask/shift operations resulted in uncomprehensible code.
Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230916192007.608398-2-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
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