The macro WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED prints a warning when a thread enters the console's critical section without having acquired the console lock. The console lock can be ignored when debugging the console using printk, but this makes WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED generate unnecessary warnings.
The variable ignore_console_lock_warning temporarily disables WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED. Developers interested in debugging the console's critical sections should increment it before entering the CS and decrement it after leaving the CS. Setting ignore_console_lock_warning is only for debugging. Regular operation should not manipulate it.
Acknoledgements: This patch is based on an earlier version by Steven Rostedt. The use of atomic increment/decrement was suggested by Petr Mladek.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/717e6337-e7a6-7a92-1c1b-8929a25696b5@suse.de Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann@suse.de --- include/linux/console.h | 14 +++++++++----- kernel/printk/printk.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h index f59f3dbca65c..a3307bcab947 100644 --- a/include/linux/console.h +++ b/include/linux/console.h @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_CONSOLE_H_ #define _LINUX_CONSOLE_H_ 1
+#include <asm/atomic.h> #include <linux/types.h>
struct vc_data; @@ -201,11 +202,14 @@ void vcs_make_sysfs(int index); void vcs_remove_sysfs(int index);
/* Some debug stub to catch some of the obvious races in the VT code */ -#if 1 -#define WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED() WARN_ON(!is_console_locked() && !oops_in_progress) -#else -#define WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED() -#endif +#define WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED() \ + WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&ignore_console_lock_warning) && \ + !is_console_locked() && !oops_in_progress) +/* + * Increment ignore_console_lock_warning if you need to quiet + * WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED() for debugging purposes. + */ +extern atomic_t ignore_console_lock_warning;
/* VESA Blanking Levels */ #define VESA_NO_BLANKING 0 diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index 3f041e7cbfc9..7d32a86758cd 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ int console_printk[4] = { CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT, /* default_console_loglevel */ };
+atomic_t ignore_console_lock_warning __read_mostly = ATOMIC_INIT(0); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ignore_console_lock_warning); + /* * Low level drivers may need that to know if they can schedule in * their unblank() callback or not. So let's export it.