This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled printk: Update @console_may_schedule in console_trylock_spinning() to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: printk-update-console_may_schedule-in-console_tryloc.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 2c27f2ca27595e323770afd49fa3f2b8cd40e672 Author: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Feb 26 13:07:24 2024 +0106 printk: Update @console_may_schedule in console_trylock_spinning() [ Upstream commit 8076972468584d4a21dab9aa50e388b3ea9ad8c7 ] console_trylock_spinning() may takeover the console lock from a schedulable context. Update @console_may_schedule to make sure it reflects a trylock acquire. Reported-by: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@xxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240222090538.23017-1-quic_mojha@xxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: dbdda842fe96 ("printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes") Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/875xybmo2z.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index c358c04d05162..35d32d66fb114 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -2007,6 +2007,12 @@ static int console_trylock_spinning(void) */ mutex_acquire(&console_lock_dep_map, 0, 1, _THIS_IP_); + /* + * Update @console_may_schedule for trylock because the previous + * owner may have been schedulable. + */ + console_may_schedule = 0; + return 1; }