[PATCH printk v3 1/6] lib/nmi_backtrace: explicitly serialize banner and regs

From: John Ogness
Date: Thu Jun 24 2021 - 07:11:54 EST


Currently the nmi_backtrace is serialized against other CPUs because
the messages are sent to the NMI buffers. Once these buffers are
removed, only the dumped stack will be serialized against other CPUs
(via the printk_cpu_lock).

Also serialize the nmi_backtrace banner and regs using the
printk_cpu_lock so that per-CPU serialization will be preserved even
after the NMI buffers are removed.

Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/nmi_backtrace.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
index 8abe1870dba4..dae233c5f597 100644
--- a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
+++ b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
@@ -92,17 +92,24 @@ module_param(backtrace_idle, bool, 0644);
bool nmi_cpu_backtrace(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ unsigned long flags;

if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, to_cpumask(backtrace_mask))) {
if (!READ_ONCE(backtrace_idle) && regs && cpu_in_idle(instruction_pointer(regs))) {
pr_warn("NMI backtrace for cpu %d skipped: idling at %pS\n",
cpu, (void *)instruction_pointer(regs));
} else {
+ /*
+ * Allow nested NMI backtraces while serializing
+ * against other CPUs.
+ */
+ printk_cpu_lock_irqsave(flags);
pr_warn("NMI backtrace for cpu %d\n", cpu);
if (regs)
show_regs(regs);
else
dump_stack();
+ printk_cpu_unlock_irqrestore(flags);
}
cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, to_cpumask(backtrace_mask));
return true;
--
2.20.1