linux/kernel/printk.c, branch v2.6.28

printk: remove unused code from kernel/printk.c

2008-10-23T19:54:29Z

both log_buf_copy() and log_buf_len are unused. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'core-v28-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2008-10-16T22:17:40Z

* 'core-v28-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: do_generic_file_read: s/EINTR/EIO/ if lock_page_killable() fails softirq, warning fix: correct a format to avoid a warning softirqs, debug: preemption check x86, pci-hotplug, calgary / rio: fix EBDA ioremap() IO resources, x86: ioremap sanity check to catch mapping requests exceeding, fix IO resources, x86: ioremap sanity check to catch mapping requests exceeding the BAR sizes softlockup: Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt: fix softlockup_thresh description dmi scan: warn about too early calls to dmi_check_system() generic: redefine resource_size_t as phys_addr_t generic: make PFN_PHYS explicitly return phys_addr_t generic: add phys_addr_t for holding physical addresses softirq: allocate less vectors IO resources: fix/remove printk printk: robustify printk, update comment printk: robustify printk, fix #2 printk: robustify printk, fix printk: robustify printk Fixed up conflicts in: arch/powerpc/include/asm/types.h arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype manually.

Add kerneldoc documentation for new printk format extensions

2008-10-16T18:21:32Z

Add documentation in kerneldoc for new printk format extensions This patch documents the new %pS/%pF options in printk in kernel doc. Hope I didn't miss any other extension. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Remove Andrew Morton's old email accounts

2008-10-16T18:21:32Z

People can use the real name an an index into MAINTAINERS to find the current email address. Signed-off-by: Francois Cami Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branches 'core/softlockup', 'core/softirq', 'core/resources', 'core/printk' and 'core/misc' into core-v28-for-linus

2008-10-15T10:48:44Z

tty: Move tty_write_message out of kernel/printk

2008-10-13T16:51:41Z

This is pure tty code so put it in the tty layer where it can be with the locking relevant material it uses Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

printk: robustify printk, update comment

2008-08-20T13:39:59Z

Remove the comment describing the possibility of printk() deadlocking on runqueue lock. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

printk: robustify printk, fix #2

2008-08-20T10:22:37Z

Dmitry Adamushko reported: > [*] btw., with DEBUG being enabled, pr_debug() generates [1] when > debug_smp_processor_id() is used (CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT). > > the problem seems to be caused by the following commit: > commit b845b517b5e3706a3729f6ea83b88ab85f0725b0 > Author: Peter Zijlstra > Date: Fri Aug 8 21:47:09 2008 +0200 > > printk: robustify printk > > > wake_up_klogd() -> __get_cpu_var() -> smp_processor_id() > > and that's being called from release_console_sem() which is, in turn, > said to be "may be called from any context" [2] > > and in this case, it seems to be called from some non-preemptible > context (although, it can't be printk()... > although, I haven't looked carefully yet). > > Provided [2], __get_cpu_var() is perhaps not the right solution there. > > > [1] > > [ 7697.942005] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: syslogd/3542 > [ 7697.942005] caller is wake_up_klogd+0x1b/0x50 > [ 7697.942005] Pid: 3542, comm: syslogd Not tainted 2.6.27-rc3-tip-git #2 > [ 7697.942005] Call Trace: > [ 7697.942005] [] debug_smp_processor_id+0xe8/0xf0 > [ 7697.942005] [] wake_up_klogd+0x1b/0x50 > [ 7697.942005] [] release_console_sem+0x1e7/0x200 > [ 7697.942005] [] do_con_write+0xb7/0x1f30 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? show_trace+0x10/0x20 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? dump_stack+0x72/0x80 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? __ratelimit+0xbd/0xe0 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0xe8/0xf0 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? wake_up_klogd+0x1b/0x50 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? release_console_sem+0x1e7/0x200 > [ 7697.942005] [] con_write+0x19/0x30 > [ 7697.942005] [] write_chan+0x276/0x3c0 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x10 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? _spin_lock_irqsave+0x22/0x50 > [ 7697.942005] [] tty_write+0x194/0x260 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? write_chan+0x0/0x3c0 > [ 7697.942005] [] redirected_tty_write+0xa4/0xb0 > [ 7697.942005] [] ? redirected_tty_write+0x0/0xb0 > [ 7697.942005] [] do_loop_readv_writev+0x52/0x80 > [ 7697.942005] [] do_readv_writev+0x1bd/0x1d0 > [ 7697.942005] [] vfs_writev+0x39/0x60 > [ 7697.942005] [] sys_writev+0x50/0x90 > [ 7697.942005] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Reported-by: Dmitry Adamushko Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

printk: robustify printk

2008-08-11T11:46:53Z

Avoid deadlocks against rq->lock and xtime_lock by deferring the klogd wakeup by polling from the timer tick. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

printk: fix comment for printk ratelimiting

2008-07-30T16:41:45Z

The comment assumed the burst to be one and the ratelimit used to be named printk_ratelimit_jiffies. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König Cc: Dave Young Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds