Ping? On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The userspace part of UML uses the asm-offsets.h generator mechanism to > create definitions for UM_KERN_<LEVEL> that match the in-kernel > KERN_<LEVEL> constant definitions. > > As of commit 04d2c8c83d0e3ac5f78aeede51babb3236200112 ("printk: convert > the format for KERN_<LEVEL> to a 2 byte pattern"), KERN_<LEVEL> is no > longer expanded to the literal '"<LEVEL>"', but to '"\001" "LEVEL"', i.e. > it contains two parts. > > However, the combo of DEFINE_STR() in > arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h and sed-y in Kbuild doesn't > support string literals consisting of multiple parts. Hence for all > UM_KERN_<LEVEL> definitions, only the SOH character is retained in the actual > definition, while the remainder ends up in the comment. E.g. in > include/generated/asm-offsets.h we get > > #define UM_KERN_INFO "\001" /* "6" KERN_INFO */ > > instead of > > #define UM_KERN_INFO "\001" "6" /* KERN_INFO */ > > This causes spurious '^A' output in some kernel messages: > > Calibrating delay loop... 4640.76 BogoMIPS (lpj=23203840) > pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 > Mount-cache hash table entries: 256 > ^AChecking that host ptys support output SIGIO...Yes > ^AChecking that host ptys support SIGIO on close...No, enabling workaround > ^AUsing 2.6 host AIO > NET: Registered protocol family 16 > bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 > Switching to clocksource itimer > > To fix this: > - Move the mapping from UM_KERN_<LEVEL> to KERN_<LEVEL> from > arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h to > arch/um/include/shared/user.h, which is preincluded for all userspace > parts, > - Preinclude include/linux/kern_levels.h for all userspace parts, to > obtain the in-kernel KERN_<LEVEL> constant definitions. This doesn't > violate the kernel/userspace separation, as include/linux/kern_levels.h > is self-contained and doesn't expose any other kernel internals. > - Remove the now unused STR() and DEFINE_STR() macros. > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > We may convert all UM_KERN_* users to KERN_* and drop the extra defines? > --- > arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h | 10 ---------- > arch/um/include/shared/user.h | 11 +++++++++++ > arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules | 2 +- > arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h | 3 --- > 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h b/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h > index 40db8f7..2df313b 100644 > --- a/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h > +++ b/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h > @@ -7,16 +7,6 @@ DEFINE(UM_KERN_PAGE_MASK, PAGE_MASK); > DEFINE(UM_KERN_PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SHIFT); > DEFINE(UM_NSEC_PER_SEC, NSEC_PER_SEC); > > -DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_EMERG, KERN_EMERG); > -DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_ALERT, KERN_ALERT); > -DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_CRIT, KERN_CRIT); > -DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_ERR, KERN_ERR); > -DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_WARNING, KERN_WARNING); > -DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_NOTICE, KERN_NOTICE); > -DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_INFO, KERN_INFO); > -DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_DEBUG, KERN_DEBUG); > -DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_CONT, KERN_CONT); > - > DEFINE(UM_ELF_CLASS, ELF_CLASS); > DEFINE(UM_ELFCLASS32, ELFCLASS32); > DEFINE(UM_ELFCLASS64, ELFCLASS64); > diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/user.h b/arch/um/include/shared/user.h > index 4fa82c0..cef0685 100644 > --- a/arch/um/include/shared/user.h > +++ b/arch/um/include/shared/user.h > @@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ > extern void panic(const char *fmt, ...) > __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2))); > > +/* Requires preincluding include/linux/kern_levels.h */ > +#define UM_KERN_EMERG KERN_EMERG > +#define UM_KERN_ALERT KERN_ALERT > +#define UM_KERN_CRIT KERN_CRIT > +#define UM_KERN_ERR KERN_ERR > +#define UM_KERN_WARNING KERN_WARNING > +#define UM_KERN_NOTICE KERN_NOTICE > +#define UM_KERN_INFO KERN_INFO > +#define UM_KERN_DEBUG KERN_DEBUG > +#define UM_KERN_CONT KERN_CONT > + > #ifdef UML_CONFIG_PRINTK > extern int printk(const char *fmt, ...) > __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2))); > diff --git a/arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules b/arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules > index d50270d..15889df 100644 > --- a/arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules > +++ b/arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ USER_OBJS += $(filter %_user.o,$(obj-y) $(obj-m) $(USER_SINGLE_OBJS)) > USER_OBJS := $(foreach file,$(USER_OBJS),$(obj)/$(file)) > > $(USER_OBJS:.o=.%): \ > - c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(USER_CFLAGS) -include user.h $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o) > + c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(USER_CFLAGS) -include $(srctree)/include/linux/kern_levels.h -include user.h $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o) > > # These are like USER_OBJS but filter USER_CFLAGS through unprofile instead of > # using it directly. > diff --git a/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h b/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h > index 5868526..46a9df9 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h > +++ b/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h > @@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ > #define DEFINE(sym, val) \ > asm volatile("\n->" #sym " %0 " #val : : "i" (val)) > > -#define STR(x) #x > -#define DEFINE_STR(sym, val) asm volatile("\n->" #sym " " STR(val) " " #val: : ) > - > #define BLANK() asm volatile("\n->" : : ) > > #define OFFSET(sym, str, mem) \ Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. 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