[PATCH] tty/sysrq: Dump kernel ring buffer messages via sysrq

[Sreenath Vijayan <sreenath.vijayan@xxxxxxxx>]

When terminal is unresponsive, one cannot use dmesg to view kernel
ring buffer messages. Also, syslog services may be disabled,
to check them after a reboot, especially on embedded systems.
In this scenario, dump the kernel ring buffer messages via sysrq
by pressing sysrq+D.

Signed-off-by: Sreenath Vijayan <sreenath.vijayan@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shimoyashiki Taichi <taichi.shimoyashiki@xxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst |  2 ++
 drivers/tty/sysrq.c                 | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
index 2f2e5bd440f9..464c4e138b9d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ Command	    Function
             will be printed to your console. (``0``, for example would make
             it so that only emergency messages like PANICs or OOPSes would
             make it to your console.)
+
+``D``	    Dump the kernel ring buffer
 =========== ===================================================================
 
 Okay, so what can I use them for?
diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index 02217e3c916b..aa43cb40c117 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
+#include <linux/console.h>
 
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
@@ -450,6 +452,45 @@ static const struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_unrt_op = {
 	.enable_mask	= SYSRQ_ENABLE_RTNICE,
 };
 
+static void dmesg_dump_callback(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct kmsg_dump_iter iter;
+	size_t len;
+	char buf[1024];
+	struct console *con;
+	int cookie;
+
+	kmsg_dump_rewind(&iter);
+	while (kmsg_dump_get_line(&iter, 1, buf, sizeof(buf), &len)) {
+		/*
+		 * Since using printk() or pr_*() will append the message to the
+		 * kernel ring buffer, they cannot be used to display the retrieved
+		 * message. Hence console_write() of serial drivers is used.
+		 */
+		console_lock();
+		cookie = console_srcu_read_lock();
+		for_each_console_srcu(con) {
+			if ((console_srcu_read_flags(con) & CON_ENABLED) && con->write)
+				con->write(con, buf, len);
+		}
+		console_srcu_read_unlock(cookie);
+		console_unlock();
+	}
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(sysrq_dmesg_work, dmesg_dump_callback);
+
+static void sysrq_handle_dmesg_dump(u8 key)
+{
+	queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &sysrq_dmesg_work);
+}
+static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_dmesg_dump_op = {
+	.handler        = sysrq_handle_dmesg_dump,
+	.help_msg       = "dump-dmesg(D)",
+	.action_msg     = "Dump dmesg",
+	.enable_mask    = SYSRQ_ENABLE_DUMP,
+};
+
 /* Key Operations table and lock */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sysrq_key_table_lock);
 
@@ -505,7 +546,7 @@ static const struct sysrq_key_op *sysrq_key_table[62] = {
 	NULL,				/* A */
 	NULL,				/* B */
 	NULL,				/* C */
-	NULL,				/* D */
+	&sysrq_dmesg_dump_op,		/* D */
 	NULL,				/* E */
 	NULL,				/* F */
 	NULL,				/* G */
-- 
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