linux/kernel
Tejun Heo 8d91f8b153 printk: do cond_resched() between lines while outputting to consoles
@console_may_schedule tracks whether console_sem was acquired through
lock or trylock.  If the former, we're inside a sleepable context and
console_conditional_schedule() performs cond_resched().  This allows
console drivers which use console_lock for synchronization to yield
while performing time-consuming operations such as scrolling.

However, the actual console outputting is performed while holding
irq-safe logbuf_lock, so console_unlock() clears @console_may_schedule
before starting outputting lines.  Also, only a few drivers call
console_conditional_schedule() to begin with.  This means that when a
lot of lines need to be output by console_unlock(), for example on a
console registration, the task doing console_unlock() may not yield for
a long time on a non-preemptible kernel.

If this happens with a slow console devices, for example a serial
console, the outputting task may occupy the cpu for a very long time.
Long enough to trigger softlockup and/or RCU stall warnings, which in
turn pile more messages, sometimes enough to trigger the next cycle of
warnings incapacitating the system.

Fix it by making console_unlock() insert cond_resched() between lines if
@console_may_schedule.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-01-16 11:17:25 -08:00
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bpf net: bpf: reject invalid shifts 2016-01-12 17:06:53 -05:00
configs
debug module: use a structure to encapsulate layout. 2015-12-04 22:46:25 +01:00
events memcg: adjust to support new THP refcounting 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
gcov gcov: use within_module() helper. 2015-12-04 22:46:25 +01:00
irq Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-01-11 18:28:06 -08:00
livepatch livepatch: Cleanup module page permission changes 2015-12-04 22:51:07 +01:00
locking Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-01-11 14:18:38 -08:00
power PM / sleep: Add support for read-only sysfs attributes 2016-01-04 22:28:59 +01:00
printk printk: do cond_resched() between lines while outputting to consoles 2016-01-16 11:17:25 -08:00
rcu Merge branches 'doc.2015.12.05a', 'exp.2015.12.07a', 'fixes.2015.12.07a', 'list.2015.12.04b' and 'torture.2015.12.05a' into HEAD 2015-12-07 17:02:54 -08:00
sched vmstat: make vmstat_updater deferrable again and shut down on idle 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
time Merge branch 'for-4.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2016-01-11 18:53:13 -08:00
trace Not much new with tracing for this release. Mostly just clean ups and 2016-01-12 20:04:15 -08:00
.gitignore certs: add .gitignore to stop git nagging about x509_certificate_list 2015-10-21 15:18:35 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
Makefile sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
acct.c
async.c
audit.c mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
audit.h audit: audit_tree_match can be boolean 2015-11-04 08:23:51 -05:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: clean simple fsnotify implementation 2015-08-06 16:14:53 -04:00
audit_tree.c audit: audit_tree_match can be boolean 2015-11-04 08:23:51 -05:00
audit_watch.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-09-08 13:34:59 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix comment block whitespace 2015-11-04 08:23:51 -05:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-09-08 13:34:59 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-4.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2016-01-12 19:20:32 -08:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: kill cgrp_ss_priv[CGROUP_CANFORK_COUNT] and friends 2015-12-03 10:24:08 -05:00
cgroup_pids.c cgroup_pids: fix a typo. 2015-12-14 14:54:37 -05:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Switch to new static_branch API 2015-11-24 09:56:43 +01:00
cpu.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-11-03 18:03:50 -08:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm: fix cpu_cluster_pm_exit comment 2015-09-03 02:42:20 +02:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-4.4-fixes' into for-4.5 2015-12-03 10:22:52 -05:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
delayacct.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-11-03 18:03:50 -08:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: remove duplicated include 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
fork.c mm: rework virtual memory accounting 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
freezer.c
futex.c mm: bring in additional flag for fixup_user_fault to signal unlock 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
futex_compat.c
groups.c
hung_task.c
irq_work.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
jump_label.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
kexec.c kexec: use file name as the output message prefix 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
kexec_core.c kexec: Fix race between panic() and crash_kexec() 2015-12-19 11:07:01 +01:00
kexec_file.c kexec: use file name as the output message prefix 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: split kexec_file syscall code to kexec_file.c 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
kmod.c kmod: don't run async usermode helper as a child of kworker thread 2015-10-23 17:55:10 +09:00
kprobes.c perf/x86/hw_breakpoints: Disallow kernel breakpoints unless kprobe-safe 2015-08-04 10:16:54 +02:00
ksysfs.c rcu: Remove TINY_RCU bloat from pointless boot parameters 2015-12-07 16:59:37 -08:00
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c:kthread_create_on_node(): clarify documentation 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
latencytop.c
membarrier.c sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
memremap.c mm, x86: get_user_pages() for dax mappings 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
module-internal.h
module.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching 2016-01-14 16:38:02 -08:00
module_signing.c KEYS: Merge the type-specific data with the payload data 2015-10-21 15:18:36 +01:00
notifier.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-01 08:40:25 -07:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c printk: do cond_resched() between lines while outputting to consoles 2016-01-16 11:17:25 -08:00
params.c Nothing exciting, minor tweaks and cleanups. 2015-11-09 15:53:39 -08:00
pid.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
pid_namespace.c
profile.c mm: rename alloc_pages_exact_node() to __alloc_pages_node() 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
ptrace.c seccomp, ptrace: add support for dumping seccomp filters 2015-10-27 19:55:13 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
relay.c kernel/relay.c: use kvfree() in relay_free_page_array() 2015-06-30 19:44:59 -07:00
resource.c restrict /dev/mem to idle io memory ranges 2016-01-09 06:30:49 -08:00
seccomp.c seccomp, ptrace: add support for dumping seccomp filters 2015-10-27 19:55:13 -07:00
signal.c kernel/signal.c: unexport sigsuspend() 2015-11-20 16:17:32 -08:00
smp.c mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
smpboot.c stop_machine: Kill smp_hotplug_thread->pre_unpark, introduce stop_machine_unpark() 2015-10-20 10:23:55 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c kernel/stop_machine.c: remove CONFIG_SMP dependencies 2016-01-16 11:17:24 -08:00
sys.c pidns: fix set/getpriority and ioprio_set/get in PRIO_USER mode 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
sys_ni.c vfs: add copy_file_range syscall and vfs helper 2015-12-01 14:00:53 -05:00
sysctl.c mm: mmap: add new /proc tunable for mmap_base ASLR 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c
task_work.c task_work: remove fifo ordering guarantee 2015-09-05 13:46:58 -07:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Consolidate cond_resched_rcu_qs() into stutter_wait() 2015-10-06 11:25:01 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Give priority to probes of tracepoints 2015-10-25 21:33:54 -04:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
user_namespace.c kernel/*: switch to memdup_user_nul() 2016-01-04 10:27:55 -05:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c
watchdog.c Merge branch 'for-4.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2016-01-11 18:53:13 -08:00
workqueue.c workqueue: simplify the apply_workqueue_attrs_locked() 2016-01-07 11:04:34 -05:00
workqueue_internal.h