[tip:sched/core] printk/sched: Introduce special printk_sched() for those awkward moments

[tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra]

Commit-ID:  3ccf3e8306156a28213adc720aba807e9a901ad5
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3ccf3e8306156a28213adc720aba807e9a901ad5
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:47:00 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:43:16 +0100

printk/sched: Introduce special printk_sched() for those awkward moments

There's a few awkward printk()s inside of scheduler guts that people
prefer to keep but really are rather deadlock prone. Fudge around it
by storing the text in a per-cpu buffer and poll it using the existing
printk_tick() handler.

This will drop output when its more frequent than once a tick, however
only the affinity thing could possible go that fast and for that just
one should suffice to notify the admin he's done something silly..

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-wua3lmkt3dg8nfts66o6brne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/printk.h |   10 ++++++++++
 kernel/printk.c        |   40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 kernel/sched/core.c    |    2 +-
 kernel/sched/rt.c      |    8 +++++++-
 4 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index f0e22f7..1f77a41 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ asmlinkage __printf(1, 2) __cold
 int printk(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /*
+ * Special printk facility for scheduler use only, _DO_NOT_USE_ !
+ */
+__printf(1, 2) __cold int printk_sched(const char *fmt, ...);
+
+/*
  * Please don't use printk_ratelimit(), because it shares ratelimiting state
  * with all other unrelated printk_ratelimit() callsites.  Instead use
  * printk_ratelimited() or plain old __ratelimit().
@@ -127,6 +132,11 @@ int printk(const char *s, ...)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline __printf(1, 2) __cold
+int printk_sched(const char *s, ...)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 static inline int printk_ratelimit(void)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 13c0a11..7ca7ba5 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1208,13 +1208,47 @@ int is_console_locked(void)
 	return console_locked;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Delayed printk facility, for scheduler-internal messages:
+ */
+#define PRINTK_BUF_SIZE		512
+
+#define PRINTK_PENDING_WAKEUP	0x01
+#define PRINTK_PENDING_SCHED	0x02
+
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, printk_pending);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(char [PRINTK_BUF_SIZE], printk_sched_buf);
+
+int printk_sched(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	va_list args;
+	char *buf;
+	int r;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	buf = __get_cpu_var(printk_sched_buf);
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	r = vsnprintf(buf, PRINTK_BUF_SIZE, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	__this_cpu_or(printk_pending, PRINTK_PENDING_SCHED);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+	return r;
+}
 
 void printk_tick(void)
 {
 	if (__this_cpu_read(printk_pending)) {
-		__this_cpu_write(printk_pending, 0);
-		wake_up_interruptible(&log_wait);
+		int pending = __this_cpu_xchg(printk_pending, 0);
+		if (pending & PRINTK_PENDING_SCHED) {
+			char *buf = __get_cpu_var(printk_sched_buf);
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "[sched_delayed] %s", buf);
+		}
+		if (pending & PRINTK_PENDING_WAKEUP)
+			wake_up_interruptible(&log_wait);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1228,7 +1262,7 @@ int printk_needs_cpu(int cpu)
 void wake_up_klogd(void)
 {
 	if (waitqueue_active(&log_wait))
-		this_cpu_write(printk_pending, 1);
+		this_cpu_or(printk_pending, PRINTK_PENDING_WAKEUP);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b1ccce8..8781cec 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int select_fallback_rq(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 	 * leave kernel.
 	 */
 	if (p->mm && printk_ratelimit()) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "process %d (%s) no longer affine to cpu%d\n",
+		printk_sched("process %d (%s) no longer affine to cpu%d\n",
 				task_pid_nr(p), p->comm, cpu);
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 7f7e7cd..b60dad7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -864,8 +864,14 @@ static int sched_rt_runtime_exceeded(struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
 		 * but accrue some time due to boosting.
 		 */
 		if (likely(rt_b->rt_runtime)) {
+			static bool once = false;
+
 			rt_rq->rt_throttled = 1;
-			printk_once(KERN_WARNING "sched: RT throttling activated\n");
+
+			if (!once) {
+				once = true;
+				printk_sched("sched: RT throttling activated\n");
+			}
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * In case we did anyway, make it go away,
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