Re: [RFC] printk/sysrq: Don't play with console_loglevel

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (05/28/19 13:15), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (05/28/19 01:24), Dmitry Safonov wrote:
> [..]
> > While handling sysrq the console_loglevel is bumped to default to print
> > sysrq headers. It's done to print sysrq messages with WARNING level for
> > consumers of /proc/kmsg, though it sucks by the following reasons:
> > - changing console_loglevel may produce tons of messages (especially on
> >   bloated with debug/info prints systems)
> > - it doesn't guarantee that the message will be printed as printk may
> >   deffer the actual console output from buffer (see the comment near
> >   printk() in kernel/printk/printk.c)
> > 
> > Provide KERN_UNSUPPRESSED printk() annotation for such legacy places.
> > Make sysrq print the headers unsuppressed instead of changing
> > console_loglevel.
> 
> I've been thinking about this a while ago... So what I thought back
> then was that affected paths are atomic: sysrq, irqs, NMI, etc. Well
> at leasted it seemed to be so.

Ahh.. OK, now I sort of remember why I gave up on this idea (see [1]
at the bottom, when it comes to uv_nmi_dump_state()) - printk_NMI and
printk-safe redirections.

	NMI
		loglevel = NEW
		printk -> printk_safe_nmi
		loglevel = OLD

	iret

	IRQ
		flush printk_safe_nmi -> printk
		// At this point we don't remember about
		// loglevel manipulation anymore
	iret

We, probably, still need some flags to pass the "this was supposed to
be an important messages" info from printk-safe to normal printk. On
the other hand, if NMI printk-s then it's something rather important,
so we probably better print it anyway and avoid suppress_message_printing()
check for messages which are coming from printk-NMI buffers. To some
extent, it's the same with printk-safe: we don't use it unless we have
a very good reason. So if there is something in printk-safe buffers
then it better end up on consoles. So, maybe, we still can use that
per-CPU printk_context thing.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180601044050.GA5687@jagdpanzerIV/

	-ss