linux/kernel
Thierry Reding 81cc26f2bd printk: only unregister boot consoles when necessary
Boot consoles are typically replaced by proper consoles during the boot
process.  This can be problematic if the boot console data is part of
the init section that is reclaimed late during boot.  If the proper
console does not register before this point in time, the boot console
will need to be removed (so that the freed memory is not accessed),
leaving the system without output for some time.

There are various reasons why the proper console may not register early
enough, such as deferred probe or the driver being a loadable module.
If that happens, there is some amount of time where no console messages
are visible to the user, which in turn can mean that they won't see
crashes or other potentially useful information.

To avoid this situation, only remove the boot console when it resides in
the init section.  Code exists to replace the boot console by the proper
console when it is registered, keeping a seamless transition between the
boot and proper consoles.

Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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: only unregister boot consoles when necessary 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 kexec: Fix race between panic() and crash_kexec() 2015-12-19 11:07:01 +01:00
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