[PATCH 1/2] printk: introduce dump_stack_lvl()

From: Alexander Potapenko
Date: Wed May 05 2021 - 05:23:51 EST


dump_stack() is used for many different cases, which may require a log
level consistent with other kernel messages surrounding the dump_stack()
call.
Without that, certain systems that are configured to ignore the default
level messages will miss stack traces in critical error reports.

This patch introduces dump_stack_lvl() that behaves similarly to
dump_stack(), but accepts a custom log level.
The old dump_stack() becomes equal to dump_stack_lvl(KERN_DEFAULT).

A somewhat similar patch has been proposed in 2012:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1332493269.2359.9.camel@hebo/
, but wasn't merged.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: he, bo <bo.he@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Prasad Sodagudi <psodagud@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/printk.h | 1 +
lib/dump_stack.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index fe7eb2351610..abe274305d79 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ void __init setup_log_buf(int early);
__printf(1, 2) void dump_stack_set_arch_desc(const char *fmt, ...);
void dump_stack_print_info(const char *log_lvl);
void show_regs_print_info(const char *log_lvl);
+extern asmlinkage void dump_stack_lvl(const char *log_lvl) __cold;
extern asmlinkage void dump_stack(void) __cold;
extern void printk_safe_flush(void);
extern void printk_safe_flush_on_panic(void);
diff --git a/lib/dump_stack.c b/lib/dump_stack.c
index f5a33b6f773f..3d2c324a4929 100644
--- a/lib/dump_stack.c
+++ b/lib/dump_stack.c
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ void show_regs_print_info(const char *log_lvl)
dump_stack_print_info(log_lvl);
}

-static void __dump_stack(void)
+static void __dump_stack(const char *log_lvl)
{
- dump_stack_print_info(KERN_DEFAULT);
- show_stack(NULL, NULL, KERN_DEFAULT);
+ dump_stack_print_info(log_lvl);
+ show_stack(NULL, NULL, log_lvl);
}

/**
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void __dump_stack(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
static atomic_t dump_lock = ATOMIC_INIT(-1);

-asmlinkage __visible void dump_stack(void)
+asmlinkage __visible void dump_stack_lvl(const char *log_lvl)
{
unsigned long flags;
int was_locked;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void dump_stack(void)
goto retry;
}

- __dump_stack();
+ __dump_stack(log_lvl);

if (!was_locked)
atomic_set(&dump_lock, -1);
@@ -125,9 +125,14 @@ asmlinkage __visible void dump_stack(void)
local_irq_restore(flags);
}
#else
-asmlinkage __visible void dump_stack(void)
+asmlinkage __visible void dump_stack_lvl(const char *log_lvl)
{
- __dump_stack();
+ __dump_stack(log_lvl);
}
#endif
+
+asmlinkage __visible void dump_stack(void)
+{
+ dump_stack_lvl(KERN_DEFAULT);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_stack);
--
2.31.1.527.g47e6f16901-goog