Re: [PREEMPT_RT][PATCH] printk: Enhance the condition check of msleep in pr_flush()

From: Joe Perches
Date: Tue Jul 20 2021 - 07:55:51 EST


On Mon, 2021-07-19 at 10:26 +0800, chao.qin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Chao Qin <chao.qin@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> There is msleep in pr_flush(). If call WARN() in the early boot
> stage such as in early_initcall, pr_flush() will run into msleep
> when process scheduler is not ready yet. And then the system will
> sleep forever.
>
> Before the system_state is SYSTEM_RUNNING, make sure DO NOT sleep
> in pr_flush().

Makes sense, thanks.

> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
[]
> @@ -3620,7 +3620,8 @@ bool pr_flush(int timeout_ms, bool reset_on_progress)
>   u64 diff;
>   u64 seq;
>
> - may_sleep = (preemptible() && !in_softirq());
> + may_sleep = (preemptible() && !in_softirq()
> + && (system_state >= SYSTEM_RUNNING));

trivial style note:

Logic continuations are typically at the end of the previous line.
And there are few too many parentheses for my taste.

Maybe exceed 80 columns in a single line

may_sleep = preemptible() && !in_softirq() && system_state >= SYSTEM_RUNNING;

or align the continuation

may_sleep = (preemptible() && !in_softirq() &&
system_state >= SYSTEM_RUNNING);

or use individual lines

may_sleep = (preemptible() &&
!in_softirq() &&
system_state >= SYSTEM_RUNNING);