On Wed 2020-08-26 14:43:22, John Ogness wrote: > On 2020-08-26, Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> @@ -1157,6 +1431,14 @@ bool prb_reserve(struct prb_reserved_entry *e, struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, > >>> goto fail; > >>> } > >>> > >>> + /* > >>> + * New data is about to be reserved. Once that happens, previous > >>> + * descriptors are no longer able to be extended. Finalize the > >>> + * previous descriptor now so that it can be made available to > >>> + * readers (when committed). > >>> + */ > >>> + desc_finalize(desc_ring, DESC_ID(id - 1)); > >>> + > >>> d = to_desc(desc_ring, id); > >>> > >>> /* > >> > >> Apparently this is not enough to guarantee that past descriptors are > >> finalized. I am able to reproduce a scenario where the finalization > >> of a certain descriptor never happens. That leaves the descriptor > >> permanently in the reserved queried state, which prevents any new > >> records from being created. I am investigating. > > > > Good to know. I also run into problems: > > - broken dmesg (and broken journalctl -f /dev/kmsg poll) and broken > > syslog read > > > > $ strace dmesg > > > > ... > > openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/kmsg", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 3 > > lseek(3, 0, SEEK_DATA) = 0 > > read(3, 0x55dda8c240a8, 8191) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) > > close(3) = 0 > > syslog(10 /* SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER */) = 524288 > > mmap(NULL, 528384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f43ea847000 > > syslog(3 /* SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL */, "", 524296) = 0 > > Yes, this a consequence of the problem. The tail is in the reserved > queried state, so readers will not advance beyond it. > > This series makes a very naive assumption that the previous descriptor > is either in the reserved or committed queried states. The fact is, it > can be in any of the 4 queried states. Adding support for finalization > of all the states then gets quite complex, since any state transition > (cmpxchg) may have to deal with an unexpected FINAL flag. > > The ringbuffer was designed so that descriptors are completely > self-contained. So adding logic where an action on one descriptor should > affect another descriptor is far more complex than I initially expected. > > Keep in mind the finalization concept satisfies 3 things: > > - denote if a record can be extended (i.e. transition back to reserved) > - denote if a reader may read the record > - denote if a writer may recycle a record > > I have not yet given up on the idea of finalization (particularly > because it allows mainline LOG_CONT behavior to be preserved locklessy), In each case, we need to finalize the descriptor also in prb_commit() when the descriptor is not longer the last reserved one. It has to be done in two steps to avoid race: prb_commit() + set PRB_COMMIT_MASK + check if it is still the last descriptor in the array + set PRB_FINAL_MASK when it is not the last descriptor It should work because prb_reserve() finalizes the previous descriptor after the new one is reserved. As a result: + prb_reserve() should either see PRB_COMMIT_MASK in the previous descriptor and be able to finalize it. + or prb_commit() will see that the head moved and it is not longer the last reserved one. I keep my fingers crossed. Best Regards, Petr PS: I am still in the middle of review. And I had a feeling that this situatuation was not handled. _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec