[PATCH printk v2 06/11] printk: nbcon: Wire up nbcon console atomic flushing

From: John Ogness
Date: Tue Sep 19 2023 - 19:09:55 EST


From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Perform nbcon console atomic flushing at key call sites:

nbcon_atomic_exit() - When exiting from the outermost atomic
printing section. If the priority was NBCON_PRIO_PANIC,
attempt a second flush allowing unsafe hostile
takeovers.

console_flush_on_panic() - Called from several call sites to
trigger ringbuffer dumping in an urgent situation.

console_flush_on_panic() - Typically the panic() function will
take care of atomic flushing the nbcon consoles on
panic. However, there are several users of
console_flush_on_panic() outside of panic().

printk_trigger_flush() - Used in urgent situations to trigger a
dump in an irq_work context. However, the atomic
flushing part happens in the calling context since an
alternative context is not required.

Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/printk/nbcon.c | 10 ++++++++++
kernel/printk/printk.c | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
index 2a9ff18fc78c..82e6a1678363 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,11 @@ void nbcon_atomic_flush_all(void)
* Return: The previous priority that needs to be fed into
* the corresponding nbcon_atomic_exit()
* Context: Any context. Disables migration.
+ *
+ * When within an atomic printing section, no atomic printing occurs. This
+ * is to allow all emergency messages to be dumped into the ringbuffer before
+ * flushing the ringbuffer. The actual atomic printing occurs when exiting
+ * the outermost atomic printing section.
*/
enum nbcon_prio nbcon_atomic_enter(enum nbcon_prio prio)
{
@@ -1130,8 +1135,13 @@ void nbcon_atomic_exit(enum nbcon_prio prio, enum nbcon_prio prev_prio)
{
struct nbcon_cpu_state *cpu_state;

+ __nbcon_atomic_flush_all(false);
+
cpu_state = nbcon_get_cpu_state();

+ if (cpu_state->prio == NBCON_PRIO_PANIC)
+ __nbcon_atomic_flush_all(true);
+
/*
* Undo the nesting of nbcon_atomic_enter() at the CPU state
* priority.
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 6ef33cefa4d0..419c0fabc481 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -3159,6 +3159,8 @@ void console_flush_on_panic(enum con_flush_mode mode)
console_srcu_read_unlock(cookie);
}

+ nbcon_atomic_flush_all();
+
console_flush_all(false, &next_seq, &handover);
}

@@ -3903,6 +3905,10 @@ void defer_console_output(void)

void printk_trigger_flush(void)
{
+ migrate_disable();
+ nbcon_atomic_flush_all();
+ migrate_enable();
+
defer_console_output();
}

--
2.39.2