linux/kernel
Kay Sievers c313af145b printk() - isolate KERN_CONT users from ordinary complete lines
Arrange the continuation printk() buffering to be fully separated from the
ordinary full line users.

Limit the exposure to races and wrong printk() line merges to users of
continuation only. Ordinary full line users racing against continuation
users will no longer affect each other.

Multiple continuation users from different threads, racing against each
other will not wrongly be merged into a single line, but printed as
separate lines.

Test output of a kernel module which starts two separate threads which
race against each other, one of them printing a single full terminated
line:
  printk("(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)\n");

The other one printing the line, every character separate in a
continuation loop:
  printk("(C");
  for (i = 0; i < 58; i++)
          printk(KERN_CONT "C");
  printk(KERN_CONT "C)\n");

Behavior of single and non-thread-aware printk() buffer:
  # modprobe printk-race
  printk test init
  (CC(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  C(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  CC(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  C(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  CC(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  C(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  C(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  CC(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  C(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  C(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC)
  (CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC)

New behavior with separate and thread-aware continuation buffer:
  # modprobe printk-race
  printk test init
  (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  (CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC)
  (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
  (CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC)
  (CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC)

Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Ingo Molnar  <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-05-14 12:36:45 -07:00
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debug KGDB/KDB regression fixes 2012-04-04 17:26:08 -07:00
events perf: Fix perf_event_for_each() to use sibling 2012-04-26 13:51:31 +02:00
gcov gcov: disable CONSTRUCTORS for UML 2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
irq irq: hide debug macros so they don't collide with others. 2012-04-23 12:30:03 -04:00
power PM / Hibernate: fix the number of pages used for hibernate/thaw buffering 2012-04-24 23:53:28 +02:00
sched sched: Fix OOPS when build_sched_domains() percpu allocation fails 2012-04-26 12:54:53 +02:00
time tick: Fix the spurious broadcast timer ticks after resume 2012-04-19 21:27:50 +02:00
trace tracing: Fix stacktrace of latency tracers (irqsoff and friends) 2012-04-19 17:00:13 -04:00
.gitignore
acct.c Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-01-08 12:19:57 -08:00
async.c kernel/async: remove redundant declaration. 2012-01-13 09:32:18 +10:30
audit_tree.c audit_tree,rcu: Convert call_rcu(__put_tree) to kfree_rcu() 2011-07-20 14:10:11 -07:00
audit_watch.c kill path_lookup() 2011-03-14 09:15:23 -04:00
audit.c constify path argument of audit_log_d_path() 2012-03-20 21:29:40 -04:00
audit.h audit: remove AUDIT_SETUP_CONTEXT as it isn't used 2012-01-17 16:16:57 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit: allow interfield comparison in audit rules 2012-01-17 16:17:01 -05:00
auditsc.c kernel-doc: fix new warnings in auditsc.c 2012-01-23 08:44:53 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c memcg: remove direct page_cgroup-to-page pointer 2011-03-23 19:46:28 -07:00
capability.c Revert "capabitlies: ns_capable can use the cap helpers rather than lsm call" 2012-01-17 10:19:41 -08:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: remove cgroup_subsys argument from callbacks 2012-02-02 09:20:22 -08:00
cgroup.c cgroup: cgroup_attach_task() could return -errno after success 2012-03-29 22:03:33 -07:00
compat.c compat: Add helper functions to read/write struct timeval, timespec 2012-02-20 12:48:47 -08:00
configs.c kernel/configs.c: include MODULE_*() when CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=n 2011-07-25 20:57:15 -07:00
cpu_pm.c cpu_pm: call notifiers during suspend 2011-09-23 12:05:29 +05:30
cpu.c Merge branch 'pm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm 2012-01-08 13:10:57 -08:00
cpuset.c Autogenerated GPG tag for Rusty D1ADB8F1: 15EE 8D6C AB0E 7F0C F999 BFCB D920 0E6C D1AD B8F1 2012-04-02 08:53:24 -07:00
crash_dump.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
cred.c cred: copy_process() should clear child->replacement_session_keyring 2012-04-11 08:20:11 -07:00
delayacct.c KVM: Steal time implementation 2011-07-14 12:59:14 +03:00
dma.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
extable.c extable, core_kernel_data(): Make sure all archs define _sdata 2011-05-20 08:56:56 +02:00
fork.c prctl: add PR_{SET,GET}_CHILD_SUBREAPER to allow simple process supervision 2012-03-23 16:58:32 -07:00
freezer.c PM / Freezer: Remove references to TIF_FREEZE in comments 2012-03-04 23:08:54 +01:00
futex_compat.c futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated 2012-03-29 11:37:17 +02:00
futex.c futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated 2012-03-29 11:37:17 +02:00
groups.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
hrtimer.c Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-11-28 08:43:52 -08:00
hung_task.c hung_task: fix the broken rcu_lock_break() logic 2012-03-05 15:49:42 -08:00
irq_work.c irq_work: fix compile failure on tile from missing include 2012-04-13 13:15:16 -04:00
itimer.c itimer: Use printk_once instead of WARN_ONCE 2012-04-10 11:00:30 +02:00
jump_label.c static keys: Inline the static_key_enabled() function 2012-02-28 20:01:08 +01:00
kallsyms.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-03-25 17:52:22 -07:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
kexec.c Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-03-28 17:19:28 -07:00
kfifo.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
kmod.c PM / Sleep: Mitigate race between the freezer and request_firmware() 2012-03-28 23:30:28 +02:00
kprobes.c kprobes: return proper error code from register_kprobe() 2012-03-05 15:49:42 -08:00
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs.c is implicitly using stat.h 2011-10-31 09:20:13 -04:00
kthread.c freezer: kill unused set_freezable_with_signal() 2011-11-23 09:28:17 -08:00
latencytop.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c lockdep: Add CPU-idle/offline warning to lockdep-RCU splat 2012-02-21 09:06:06 -08:00
Makefile sysctl: Move the implementation into fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c 2012-01-24 16:37:54 -08:00
module.c dynamic_debug: make dynamic-debug work for module initialization 2012-04-30 14:31:46 -04:00
mutex-debug.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
mutex-debug.h mutex: Use p->on_cpu for the adaptive spin 2011-04-14 08:52:33 +02:00
mutex.c sched/rt: Use schedule_preempt_disabled() 2012-03-01 10:28:03 +01:00
mutex.h mutex: Use p->on_cpu for the adaptive spin 2011-04-14 08:52:33 +02:00
notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
nsproxy.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
padata.c padata: Fix cpu hotplug 2012-03-29 19:52:46 +08:00
panic.c panic: fix stack dump print on direct call to panic() 2012-04-12 13:12:12 -07:00
params.c params: replace printk(KERN_<LVL>...) with pr_<lvl>(...) 2012-05-04 17:28:18 -07:00
pid_namespace.c pidns: add reboot_pid_ns() to handle the reboot syscall 2012-03-28 17:14:36 -07:00
pid.c vfs: fix panic in __d_lookup() with high dentry hashtable counts 2012-02-13 20:45:38 -05:00
posix-cpu-timers.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
posix-timers.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
printk.c printk() - isolate KERN_CONT users from ordinary complete lines 2012-05-14 12:36:45 -07:00
profile.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
ptrace.c ptrace: remove PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL bit 2012-03-23 16:58:41 -07:00
range.c range: fix bogus misuse of module.h to get printk() 2011-10-31 09:20:11 -04:00
rcu.h rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() 2012-02-21 09:06:12 -08:00
rcupdate.c rcu: Check for illegal use of RCU from offlined CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:03 -08:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Simplify unboosting checks 2012-02-21 09:03:43 -08:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Add RCU_NONIDLE() for idle-loop RCU read-side critical sections 2012-02-21 09:06:13 -08:00
rcutorture.c PTR_ERR should be called before its argument is cleared. 2012-02-21 09:06:10 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Hold off RCU_FAST_NO_HZ after timer posted 2012-02-21 09:42:30 -08:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:07 -08:00
rcutree.c rcu: Permit call_rcu() from CPU_DYING notifiers 2012-04-17 07:30:54 -07:00
rcutree.h rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:07 -08:00
relay.c relay: prevent integer overflow in relay_open() 2012-02-10 09:04:49 +01:00
res_counter.c net: introduce res_counter_charge_nofail() for socket allocations 2012-01-22 15:08:46 -05:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: move EXPORT_SYMBOL right after definition 2012-02-03 23:37:07 +01:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c lockdep, rtmutex, bug: Show taint flags on error 2011-12-06 08:16:49 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c rtmutex-tester: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem 2011-12-14 14:54:22 -08:00
rtmutex.c Revert "rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with irqs disabled" 2011-12-11 10:33:18 -08:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
seccomp.c seccomp: audit abnormal end to a process due to seccomp 2012-01-17 16:16:55 -05:00
semaphore.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
signal.c Disintegrate and delete asm/system.h 2012-03-28 15:58:21 -07:00
smp.c smp: add func to IPI cpus based on parameter func 2012-03-28 17:14:35 -07:00
softirq.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-20 10:32:09 -07:00
spinlock.c locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
srcu.c rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives 2012-02-21 09:06:08 -08:00
stacktrace.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
sys_ni.c Cross Memory Attach 2011-10-31 17:30:44 -07:00
sys.c pidns: add reboot_pid_ns() to handle the reboot syscall 2012-03-28 17:14:36 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c binary_sysctl(): fix memory leak 2011-12-20 10:25:04 -08:00
sysctl.c sysctl: fix write access to dmesg_restrict/kptr_restrict 2012-04-05 14:51:43 +10:00
taskstats.c Make TASKSTATS require root access 2011-09-19 17:04:37 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c time: Remove bogus comments 2012-03-15 18:17:55 -07:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c Merge branch 'core-debugobjects-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-01-06 07:53:34 -08:00
tracepoint.c static keys: Introduce 'struct static_key', static_key_true()/false() and static_key_slow_[inc|dec]() 2012-02-24 10:05:59 +01:00
tsacct.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
uid16.c userns: user namespaces: convert several capable() calls 2011-03-23 19:47:08 -07:00
up.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user_namespace.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user-return-notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
utsname_sysctl.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
utsname.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
wait.c lockdep/waitqueues: Add better annotation 2011-12-21 10:07:39 +01:00
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c: add comment to watchdog() exit path 2012-03-23 16:58:32 -07:00
workqueue_sched.h
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2012-03-20 18:13:22 -07:00