consoles: was: [PATCH next v2 3/3] printk: remove logbuf_lock, add syslog_lock

[Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>]

On Tue 2020-12-01 21:59:41, John Ogness wrote:
> Since the ringbuffer is lockless, there is no need for it to be
> protected by @logbuf_lock. Remove @logbuf_lock.
> 
> --- a/kernel/printk/internal.h
> +++ b/kernel/printk/internal.h
> @@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ void defer_console_output(void);
>  __printf(1, 0) int vprintk_func(const char *fmt, va_list args) { return 0; }
>  
>  /*
> - * In !PRINTK builds we still export logbuf_lock spin_lock, console_sem
> + * In !PRINTK builds we still export console_sem
>   * semaphore and some of console functions (console_unlock()/etc.), so
>   * printk-safe must preserve the existing local IRQ guarantees.

We should revisit whether it is still needed just for console_sem.
Well, I wonder why we need printk_safe at all.


> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -2432,7 +2490,6 @@ void console_unlock(void)
>  		size_t len;
>  
>  		printk_safe_enter_irqsave(flags);

Why do we actually need to use the printk_safe context here?
There is not longer a risk of deadlock caused by logbuf_lock.
All other recursions should be prevented by console_trylock()
in printk(). Do I miss anything?

Note that we still need to disable interrupts around

     console_lock_spinning_enable();
     console_lock_spinning_disable_and_check();

to make sure that printk() could busy wait for passing
the console lock.


> -		raw_spin_lock(&logbuf_lock);
>  skip:
>  		if (!prb_read_valid(prb, console_seq, &r))
>  			break;

Best Regards,
Petr