From: Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>,
Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org>,
Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net,
Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 5/5] kdb: Adapt kdb_msg_write to work with NBCON consoles
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:20:34 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250915-nbcon-kgdboc-v4-5-e2b6753bb566@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250915-nbcon-kgdboc-v4-0-e2b6753bb566@suse.com>
Function kdb_msg_write was calling con->write for any found console,
but it won't work on NBCON consoles. In this case we should acquire the
ownership of the console using NBCON_PRIO_EMERGENCY, since printing
kdb messages should only be interrupted by a panic.
At this point, the console is required to use the atomic callback. The
console is skipped if the write_atomic callback is not set or if the
context could not be acquired. The validation of NBCON is done by the
console_is_usable helper. The context is released right after
write_atomic finishes.
The oops_in_progress handling is only needed in the legacy consoles,
so it was moved around the con->write callback.
Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>
---
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 9b11b10b120cf07e451a7a4d92ce50f9a6c066b2..7f41ce5d1b4b2b9970f7c84d8df40d13c9e9a084 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -589,24 +589,41 @@ static void kdb_msg_write(const char *msg, int msg_len)
*/
cookie = console_srcu_read_lock();
for_each_console_srcu(c) {
- if (!(console_srcu_read_flags(c) & CON_ENABLED))
+ short flags = console_srcu_read_flags(c);
+
+ if (!console_is_usable(c, flags, true))
continue;
if (c == dbg_io_ops->cons)
continue;
- if (!c->write)
- continue;
- /*
- * Set oops_in_progress to encourage the console drivers to
- * disregard their internal spin locks: in the current calling
- * context the risk of deadlock is a bigger problem than risks
- * due to re-entering the console driver. We operate directly on
- * oops_in_progress rather than using bust_spinlocks() because
- * the calls bust_spinlocks() makes on exit are not appropriate
- * for this calling context.
- */
- ++oops_in_progress;
- c->write(c, msg, msg_len);
- --oops_in_progress;
+
+ if (flags & CON_NBCON) {
+ struct nbcon_write_context wctxt = { };
+
+ /*
+ * Do not continue if the console is NBCON and the context
+ * can't be acquired.
+ */
+ if (!nbcon_kdb_try_acquire(c, &wctxt))
+ continue;
+
+ nbcon_write_context_set_buf(&wctxt, (char *)msg, msg_len);
+
+ c->write_atomic(c, &wctxt);
+ nbcon_kdb_release(&wctxt);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Set oops_in_progress to encourage the console drivers to
+ * disregard their internal spin locks: in the current calling
+ * context the risk of deadlock is a bigger problem than risks
+ * due to re-entering the console driver. We operate directly on
+ * oops_in_progress rather than using bust_spinlocks() because
+ * the calls bust_spinlocks() makes on exit are not appropriate
+ * for this calling context.
+ */
+ ++oops_in_progress;
+ c->write(c, msg, msg_len);
+ --oops_in_progress;
+ }
touch_nmi_watchdog();
}
console_srcu_read_unlock(cookie);
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-15 11:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-15 11:20 [PATCH v4 0/5] Handle NBCON consoles on KDB Marcos Paulo de Souza
2025-09-15 11:20 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] printk: nbcon: Export console_is_usable Marcos Paulo de Souza
2025-09-17 8:57 ` Petr Mladek
2025-09-17 12:21 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2025-09-17 14:07 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2025-09-18 13:02 ` Petr Mladek
2025-09-15 11:20 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] printk: nbcon: Introduce KDB helpers Marcos Paulo de Souza
2025-09-17 11:16 ` Petr Mladek
2025-09-15 11:20 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] printk: nbcon: Allow KDB to acquire the NBCON context Marcos Paulo de Souza
2025-09-17 12:09 ` Petr Mladek
2025-09-15 11:20 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] printk: nbcon: Export nbcon_write_context_set_buf Marcos Paulo de Souza
2025-09-17 12:18 ` Petr Mladek
2025-09-15 11:20 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza [this message]
2025-09-17 13:18 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] kdb: Adapt kdb_msg_write to work with NBCON consoles Petr Mladek
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