From: Chao Qin <chao.qin@xxxxxxxxx> There is msleep in pr_flush(). If call WARN() in the early boot stage such as in early_initcall, pr_flush() will run into msleep when process scheduler is not ready yet. And then the system will sleep forever. Before the system_state is SYSTEM_RUNNING, make sure DO NOT sleep in pr_flush(). Fixes: 63cf1e4b564a ("printk: add pr_flush()") Signed-off-by: Chao Qin <chao.qin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lili Li <lili.li@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/printk/printk.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index 209d2392f0d8..a9b3afbdac39 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -3620,7 +3620,8 @@ bool pr_flush(int timeout_ms, bool reset_on_progress) u64 diff; u64 seq; - may_sleep = (preemptible() && !in_softirq()); + may_sleep = (preemptible() && !in_softirq() + && (system_state >= SYSTEM_RUNNING)); seq = prb_next_seq(prb); base-commit: 7e175e6b59975c8901ad370f7818937f68de45c1 -- 2.25.1