Re: [PATCH printk v5 1/1] printk: extend console_lock for per-console locking

[John Ogness]

Hi Marek,

On 2022-04-27, Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here is the full serial console log:
>
> https://pastebin.com/E5CDH88L

Here are a few ideas from me:

1. For next-20220427 the printk-threaded series was slightly changed. I
do not expect it to work any different, but I would prefer we are
debugging the current version. If possible, could you move to
next-20220427?

2. I noticed you boot with the kernel boot arguments "earlycon" and
"no_console_suspend". Could you try booting without this? I expect this
will make no difference.

3. It looks like the problem happens quite late in the boot process. I
expect it is due to some userspace process that is running that is
interacting with printk (either /dev/kmsg or /proc/kmsg) and is causing
problems. If you boot with init=/bin/sh then I expect the system is
running fine. (You don't have much of a system running, but it should
not hang.) We need to isolate which userspace process is triggering the
issue.

4. Have you tried issuing magic sysrq commands on the serial line? (For
example, sending a break signal and then the letter 't' or sending a
break signal and then the letter 'c'?) That might trigger various dumps
so that we can see the system state.

5. You are not running a VT console, so the graphics driver should not
be affecting the printk subsystem at all. I expect your autologin is
also starting various services and programs. If you disable the
automatic login and instead manually login (perhaps as another user) can
you manually start those services one at a time to see at what point the
system hangs?

Thanks for you help with this!

John Ogness