Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] printk: Drop console_sem during panic

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (22/01/27 16:03), Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Thu 2022-01-27 10:28:53, John Ogness wrote:
> > On 2022-01-26, Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > > @@ -2759,7 +2782,7 @@ void console_unlock(void)
> > >  	 * flush, no worries.
> > >  	 */
> > >  	retry = prb_read_valid(prb, next_seq, NULL);
> > > -	if (retry && console_trylock())
> > > +	if (retry && !abandon_console_lock_in_panic() && console_trylock())
> > 
> > As Sergey suggested [0], I would like to see the call to
> > abandon_console_lock_in_panic() move inside console_trylock(). This will
> > help to avoid the race between NMI CPU halt and the internal sema.lock
> > spinlock.

Thanks John.

> I would prefer if it is done as a followup patch. The code in this
> patch is still needed. It helps when the non-panic CPU is busy
> with pushing many pending messages. Also it is a more conservative
> approach.

No objections. This series fixes issue at hand, so conservative approach
makes sense.

On the other hand, we are at -rc1 and it seems like a very good time to
discuss/look into/work on/etc. solution for the remaining cases/races/etc.