The printk()s in RCU stall warnings do not get flushed to the console on ARM. Add the oops_in_progress flag back into the special trylock case in console_trylock_for_printk(), and set the flag using "bust_spinlocks(1)". This allows the printk() output to be flushed to the console. Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/printk.c | 5 3 + 2 - 0 ! kernel/rcutree.c | 14 14 + 0 - 0 ! 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: b/kernel/printk.c =================================================================== --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -1390,8 +1390,9 @@ static int console_trylock_for_printk(un { int retval = 0, wake = 0; #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL - int lock = !early_boot_irqs_disabled && !irqs_disabled_flags(flags) && - (preempt_count() <= 1); + int lock = oops_in_progress || ( + !early_boot_irqs_disabled && !irqs_disabled_flags(flags) && + (preempt_count() <= 1)); #else int lock = 1; #endif Index: b/kernel/rcutree.c =================================================================== --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -758,6 +758,11 @@ static void print_other_cpu_stall(struct raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); /* + * Allow printk() to flush to device + */ + bust_spinlocks(1); + + /* * OK, time to rat on our buddy... * See Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt for info on how to debug * RCU CPU stall warnings. @@ -799,6 +804,8 @@ static void print_other_cpu_stall(struct rcu_print_detail_task_stall(rsp); + bust_spinlocks(0); + force_quiescent_state(rsp, 0); /* Kick them all. */ } @@ -808,6 +815,11 @@ static void print_cpu_stall(struct rcu_s struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp); /* + * Allow printk() to flush to device + */ + bust_spinlocks(1); + + /* * OK, time to rat on ourselves... * See Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt for info on how to debug * RCU CPU stall warnings. @@ -820,6 +832,8 @@ static void print_cpu_stall(struct rcu_s if (!trigger_all_cpu_backtrace()) dump_stack(); + bust_spinlocks(0); + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags); if (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, rsp->jiffies_stall)) rsp->jiffies_stall = jiffies + -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html