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[printk,v3,05/40] printk: fix setting first seq for consoles

Message ID 20221107141638.3790965-6-john.ogness@linutronix.de
State New
Headers
Series reduce console_lock scope |

Commit Message

John Ogness Nov. 7, 2022, 2:16 p.m. UTC 
  It used to be that all consoles were synchronized with respect to
which message they were printing. After commit a699449bb13b ("printk:
refactor and rework printing logic"), all consoles have their own
@seq for tracking which message they are on. That commit also changed
how the initial sequence number was chosen. Instead of choosing the
next non-printed message, it chose the sequence number of the next
message that will be added to the ringbuffer.

That change created a possibility that a non-boot console taking over
for a boot console might skip messages if the boot console was behind
and did not have a chance to catch up before being unregistered.

Since it is not possible to know which boot console a console is
taking over, use the lowest @seq of all the enabled boot consoles. If
no boot consoles are available/enabled, begin with the next message
that will be added to the ringbuffer.

Also, since boot consoles are meant to be used at boot time, handle
them the same as CON_PRINTBUFFER to ensure that no initial messages
are skipped.

Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
---
 kernel/printk/printk.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Petr Mladek Nov. 8, 2022, 12:20 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon 2022-11-07 15:22:03, John Ogness wrote:
> It used to be that all consoles were synchronized with respect to
> which message they were printing. After commit a699449bb13b ("printk:
> refactor and rework printing logic"), all consoles have their own
> @seq for tracking which message they are on. That commit also changed
> how the initial sequence number was chosen. Instead of choosing the
> next non-printed message, it chose the sequence number of the next
> message that will be added to the ringbuffer.
> 
> That change created a possibility that a non-boot console taking over
> for a boot console might skip messages if the boot console was behind
> and did not have a chance to catch up before being unregistered.
> 
> Since it is not possible to know which boot console a console is
> taking over, use the lowest @seq of all the enabled boot consoles. If
> no boot consoles are available/enabled, begin with the next message
> that will be added to the ringbuffer.
> 
> Also, since boot consoles are meant to be used at boot time, handle
> them the same as CON_PRINTBUFFER to ensure that no initial messages
> are skipped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

Best Regards,
Petr
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Patch

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 173f46a29252..8974523f3107 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -3222,14 +3222,26 @@  void register_console(struct console *newcon)
 	}
 
 	newcon->dropped = 0;
-	if (newcon->flags & CON_PRINTBUFFER) {
+	if (newcon->flags & (CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT)) {
 		/* Get a consistent copy of @syslog_seq. */
 		mutex_lock(&syslog_lock);
 		newcon->seq = syslog_seq;
 		mutex_unlock(&syslog_lock);
 	} else {
-		/* Begin with next message. */
+		/* Begin with next message added to ringbuffer. */
 		newcon->seq = prb_next_seq(prb);
+
+		/*
+		 * If an enabled boot console is not caught up, start with
+		 * that message instead. That boot console will be
+		 * unregistered shortly and may be the same device.
+		 */
+		for_each_console(con) {
+			if ((con->flags & (CON_BOOT | CON_ENABLED)) == (CON_BOOT | CON_ENABLED) &&
+			    con->seq < newcon->seq) {
+				newcon->seq = con->seq;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*