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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2024-09-04 14:11:25 +0206
committerPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>2024-09-04 15:56:32 +0200
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printk: nbcon: Introduce printer kthreads
Provide the main implementation for running a printer kthread per nbcon console that is takeover/handover aware. This includes: - new mandatory write_thread() callback - kthread creation - kthread main printing loop - kthread wakeup mechanism - kthread shutdown kthread creation is a bit tricky because consoles may register before kthreads can be created. In such cases, registration will succeed, even though no kthread exists. Once kthreads can be created, an early_initcall will set @printk_kthreads_ready. If there are no registered boot consoles, the early_initcall creates the kthreads for all registered nbcon consoles. If kthread creation fails, the related console is unregistered. If there are registered boot consoles when @printk_kthreads_ready is set, no kthreads are created until the final boot console unregisters. Once kthread creation finally occurs, @printk_kthreads_running is set so that the system knows kthreads are available for all registered nbcon consoles. If @printk_kthreads_running is already set when the console is registering, the kthread is created during registration. If kthread creation fails, the registration will fail. Until @printk_kthreads_running is set, console printing occurs directly via the console_lock. kthread shutdown on system shutdown/reboot is necessary to ensure the printer kthreads finish their printing so that the system can cleanly transition back to direct printing via the console_lock in order to reliably push out the final shutdown/reboot messages. @printk_kthreads_running is cleared before shutting down the individual kthreads. The kthread uses a new mandatory write_thread() callback that is called with both device_lock() and the console context acquired. The console ownership handling is necessary for synchronization against write_atomic() which is synchronized only via the console context ownership. The device_lock() serializes acquiring the console context with NBCON_PRIO_NORMAL. It is needed in case the device_lock() does not disable preemption. It prevents the following race: CPU0 CPU1 [ task A ] nbcon_context_try_acquire() # success with NORMAL prio # .unsafe == false; // safe for takeover [ schedule: task A -> B ] WARN_ON() nbcon_atomic_flush_pending() nbcon_context_try_acquire() # success with EMERGENCY prio # flushing nbcon_context_release() # HERE: con->nbcon_state is free # to take by anyone !!! nbcon_context_try_acquire() # success with NORMAL prio [ task B ] [ schedule: task B -> A ] nbcon_enter_unsafe() nbcon_context_can_proceed() BUG: nbcon_context_can_proceed() returns "true" because the console is owned by a context on CPU0 with NBCON_PRIO_NORMAL. But it should return "false". The console is owned by a context from task B and we do the check in a context from task A. Note that with these changes, the printer kthreads do not yet take over full responsibility for nbcon printing during normal operation. These changes only focus on the lifecycle of the kthreads. Co-developed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner (Intel) <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240904120536.115780-7-john.ogness@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
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