Make printk() console semaphore accesses sensible

The printk() logic on when/how to get the console semaphore was
unreadable, this splits the code up into a few helper functions and
makes it easier to follow what is going on.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
Linus Torvalds 2008-03-24 19:25:08 -07:00
parent 5f7b703fe2
commit 266c2e0abe
1 changed files with 48 additions and 35 deletions

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@ -616,6 +616,40 @@ asmlinkage int printk(const char *fmt, ...)
/* cpu currently holding logbuf_lock */
static volatile unsigned int printk_cpu = UINT_MAX;
/*
* Can we actually use the console at this time on this cpu?
*
* Console drivers may assume that per-cpu resources have
* been allocated. So unless they're explicitly marked as
* being able to cope (CON_ANYTIME) don't call them until
* this CPU is officially up.
*/
static inline int can_use_console(unsigned int cpu)
{
return cpu_online(cpu) || have_callable_console();
}
/*
* Try to get console ownership to actually show the kernel
* messages from a 'printk'. Return true (and with the
* console_semaphore held, and 'console_locked' set) if it
* is successful, false otherwise.
*
* This gets called with the 'logbuf_lock' spinlock held and
* interrupts disabled. It should return with 'lockbuf_lock'
* released but interrupts still disabled.
*/
static int acquire_console_semaphore_for_printk(unsigned int cpu)
{
int retval = 0;
if (can_use_console(cpu))
retval = !try_acquire_console_sem();
printk_cpu = UINT_MAX;
spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock);
return retval;
}
const char printk_recursion_bug_msg [] =
KERN_CRIT "BUG: recent printk recursion!\n";
static int printk_recursion_bug;
@ -725,43 +759,22 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
log_level_unknown = 1;
}
if (!down_trylock(&console_sem)) {
/*
* We own the drivers. We can drop the spinlock and
* let release_console_sem() print the text, maybe ...
*/
console_locked = 1;
printk_cpu = UINT_MAX;
spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock);
/*
* Try to acquire and then immediately release the
* console semaphore. The release will do all the
* actual magic (print out buffers, wake up klogd,
* etc).
*
* The acquire_console_semaphore_for_printk() function
* will release 'logbuf_lock' regardless of whether it
* actually gets the semaphore or not.
*/
if (acquire_console_semaphore_for_printk(this_cpu))
release_console_sem();
/*
* Console drivers may assume that per-cpu resources have
* been allocated. So unless they're explicitly marked as
* being able to cope (CON_ANYTIME) don't call them until
* this CPU is officially up.
*/
if (cpu_online(smp_processor_id()) || have_callable_console()) {
console_may_schedule = 0;
release_console_sem();
} else {
/* Release by hand to avoid flushing the buffer. */
console_locked = 0;
up(&console_sem);
}
lockdep_on();
raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
} else {
/*
* Someone else owns the drivers. We drop the spinlock, which
* allows the semaphore holder to proceed and to call the
* console drivers with the output which we just produced.
*/
printk_cpu = UINT_MAX;
spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock);
lockdep_on();
lockdep_on();
out_restore_irqs:
raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
}
raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
preempt_enable();
return printed_len;