This is v3 of a series to prepare for threaded/atomic printing. v2 is here [0]. This series focuses on reducing the scope of the BKL console_lock. It achieves this by switching to SRCU and a dedicated mutex for console list iteration and modification, respectively. The console_lock will no longer offer this protection and is completely removed from (un)register_console() and console_stop/start() code. Also, during the review of v2 it came to our attention that many console drivers are checking CON_ENABLED to see if they are registered. Because this flag can change without unregistering and because this flag does not represent an atomic point when an (un)registration process is complete, a new console_is_registered() function is introduced. This function uses the console_list_lock to synchronize with the (un)registration process to provide a reliable status. All users of the console_lock for list iteration have been modified. For the call sites where the console_lock is still needed (because of other reasons), comments are added to explain exactly why the console_lock was needed. All users of CON_ENABLED for registration status have been modified to use console_is_registered(). Note that there are still users of CON_ENABLED, but this is for legitimate purposes about a registered console being able to print. The base commit for this series is from Paul McKenney's RCU tree and provides an NMI-safe SRCU implementation [1]. Without the NMI-safe SRCU implementation, this series is not less safe than mainline. But we will need the NMI-safe SRCU implementation for atomic consoles anyway, so we might as well get it in now. Especially since it _does_ increase the reliability for mainline in the panic path. Changes since v3: general: - introduce a synchronized console_is_registered() to query if a console is registered, meant to replace CON_ENABLED (mis)use for this purpose - directly read console->flags for registered consoles if it is race-free (and document that it is so) - replace uart_console_enabled() with a new uart_console_registered() based on console_is_registered() - change comments about why console_lock is used to synchronize console->device() by providing an example registration check fixups: - the following drivers were modified to use the new console_is_registered() instead of CON_ENABLED checks - arch/m68k/emu/nfcon.c - drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c - drivers/net/netconsole.c - drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c - drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c - drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c - drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c - drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c - drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c - drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c - drivers/usb/early/xhci-dbc.c um: kmsg_dumper: - change stdout dump criteria to match original intention kgdb/kdb: - in configure_kgdboc(), take console_list_lock to synchronize tty_find_polling_driver() against register_console() - add comments explaining why calling console->write() without locking might work tty: sh-sci: - use a setup() callback to setup the early console fbdev: xen: - implement a cleaner approach for console_force_preferred_locked() rcu: - implement debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() for !CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC printk: - check CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC for srcu_read_lock_held() availability - for console_lock/_trylock/_unlock, replace "lock the console system" language with "block the console subsystem from printing" - use WRITE_ONCE() for updating console->flags of registered consoles - expand comments of synchronize_srcu() calls to explain why they are needed, and also expand comments to explain when it is not needed - change CON_BOOT consoles to always begin at earliest message - for non-BOOT/non-PRINTBUFFER consoles, initialize @seq to the minimal @seq of any of the enabled boot consoles - add comments and lockdep assertion to unregister_console_locked() because it is not clear from the name which lock is implied - dropped patches that caused unnecessary churn in the series John Ogness [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221019145600.1282823-1-john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git/log/?h=srcunmisafe.2022.10.21a John Ogness (38): rcu: implement lockdep_rcu_enabled for !CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC printk: Prepare for SRCU console list protection printk: fix setting first seq for consoles um: kmsg_dump: only dump when no output console available console: introduce console_is_enabled() wrapper printk: use console_is_enabled() um: kmsg_dump: use console_is_enabled() kdb: kdb_io: use console_is_enabled() um: kmsg_dumper: use srcu console list iterator tty: serial: kgdboc: document console_lock usage tty: tty_io: document console_lock usage proc: consoles: document console_lock usage kdb: use srcu console list iterator printk: console_flush_all: use srcu console list iterator printk: console_unblank: use srcu console list iterator printk: console_flush_on_panic: use srcu console list iterator printk: console_device: use srcu console list iterator printk: __pr_flush: use srcu console list iterator printk: introduce console_list_lock console: introduce console_is_registered() serial_core: replace uart_console_enabled() with uart_console_registered() tty: nfcon: use console_is_registered() efi: earlycon: use console_is_registered() tty: hvc: use console_is_registered() tty: serial: earlycon: use console_is_registered() tty: serial: pic32_uart: use console_is_registered() tty: serial: samsung_tty: use console_is_registered() tty: serial: xilinx_uartps: use console_is_registered() usb: early: xhci-dbc: use console_is_registered() netconsole: avoid CON_ENABLED misuse to track registration printk, xen: fbfront: create/use safe function for forcing preferred tty: tty_io: use console_list_lock for list synchronization proc: consoles: use console_list_lock for list iteration tty: serial: kgdboc: use console_list_lock for list traversal tty: serial: kgdboc: synchronize tty_find_polling_driver() and register_console() tty: serial: kgdboc: use console_list_lock to trap exit printk: relieve console_lock of list synchronization duties tty: serial: sh-sci: use setup() callback for early console Thomas Gleixner (2): serial: kgdboc: Lock console list in probe function printk: Convert console_drivers list to hlist .clang-format | 1 + arch/m68k/emu/nfcon.c | 10 +- arch/um/kernel/kmsg_dump.c | 24 +- drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c | 8 +- drivers/net/netconsole.c | 21 +- drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c | 4 +- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 2 +- drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c | 4 +- drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c | 46 ++- drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c | 4 +- drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c | 2 +- drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 14 +- drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c | 17 +- drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c | 2 +- drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 18 +- drivers/usb/early/xhci-dbc.c | 2 +- drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c | 12 +- fs/proc/consoles.c | 21 +- include/linux/console.h | 111 +++++++- include/linux/rcupdate.h | 5 + include/linux/serial_core.h | 15 +- kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 14 +- kernel/printk/printk.c | 424 +++++++++++++++++++++------- 23 files changed, 605 insertions(+), 176 deletions(-) base-commit: e29a4915db1480f96e0bc2e928699d086a71f43c -- 2.30.2
