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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-16 15:17:40 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-16 15:17:40 -0700
commite533b227055598b1f7dc8503a3b4f36b14b9da8a (patch)
tree28fec4125eac45c8e2fac75b3d10ff5cd987d2f6 /kernel/printk.c
parent0999d978dcdcf59350dafa25afd70def9f924eee (diff)
parent6b2ada82101a08e2830fb29d7dc9b858be637dd4 (diff)
Merge branch 'core-v28-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* '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.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/printk.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/printk.c22
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index fbd94bdaa74f..6341af77eb65 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -577,9 +577,6 @@ static int have_callable_console(void)
* @fmt: format string
*
* This is printk(). It can be called from any context. We want it to work.
- * Be aware of the fact that if oops_in_progress is not set, we might try to
- * wake klogd up which could deadlock on runqueue lock if printk() is called
- * from scheduler code.
*
* We try to grab the console_sem. If we succeed, it's easy - we log the output and
* call the console drivers. If we fail to get the semaphore we place the output
@@ -984,10 +981,25 @@ int is_console_locked(void)
return console_locked;
}
-void wake_up_klogd(void)
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, printk_pending);
+
+void printk_tick(void)
{
- if (!oops_in_progress && waitqueue_active(&log_wait))
+ if (__get_cpu_var(printk_pending)) {
+ __get_cpu_var(printk_pending) = 0;
wake_up_interruptible(&log_wait);
+ }
+}
+
+int printk_needs_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+ return per_cpu(printk_pending, cpu);
+}
+
+void wake_up_klogd(void)
+{
+ if (waitqueue_active(&log_wait))
+ __raw_get_cpu_var(printk_pending) = 1;
}
/**