Re: [PATCH printk v4 7/8 v2] printk: use printk_buffers for devkmsg

[Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>]

On Thu 2023-01-05 13:22:16, John Ogness wrote:
> Replace the buffers in struct devkmsg_user with a struct
> printk_buffers. This reduces the number of buffers to track.
> 
> As a side-effect, @text_buf was 8kB large, even though it only
> needed to be the max size of a ringbuffer record. By switching to
> struct printk_buffers, ~7kB less memory is allocated when opening
> /dev/kmsg.
> 
> And since struct printk_buffers will be used now, reduce duplicate
> code by calling printk_get_next_message() to handle the record
> reading and formatting.

> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
> ---
>  kernel/printk/printk.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> index 4fb7d29fb05d..32996b0c5d03 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -695,16 +695,14 @@ static ssize_t msg_print_ext_body(char *buf, size_t size,
>  	return len;
>  }
>  
> +static bool printk_get_next_message(struct printk_message *pmsg, u64 seq, bool is_extended);
> +
>  /* /dev/kmsg - userspace message inject/listen interface */
>  struct devkmsg_user {
>  	atomic64_t seq;
>  	struct ratelimit_state rs;
>  	struct mutex lock;
> -	char buf[CONSOLE_EXT_LOG_MAX];
> -
> -	struct printk_info info;
> -	char text_buf[CONSOLE_EXT_LOG_MAX];
> -	struct printk_record record;
> +	struct printk_buffers pbufs;
>  };
>  
>  static __printf(3, 4) __cold
> @@ -786,8 +784,10 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>  			    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
>  {
>  	struct devkmsg_user *user = file->private_data;
> -	struct printk_record *r = &user->record;
> -	size_t len;
> +	char *outbuf = &user->pbufs.outbuf[0];
> +	struct printk_message pmsg = {
> +		.pbufs = &user->pbufs,
> +	};
>  	ssize_t ret;
>  
>  	if (!user)
> @@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	if (!prb_read_valid(prb, atomic64_read(&user->seq), r)) {
> +	while (!printk_get_next_message(&pmsg, atomic64_read(&user->seq), true)) {

A problem is that printk_get_next_message() does not format the
message when it shoud get supressed on the console.

I would solve it be adding a parameter to printk_get_next_message() that
will tell whether to suppress or not, e.g. @can_suppress.

>  		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
>  			ret = -EAGAIN;
>  			goto out;
> @@ -814,36 +814,31 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>  		 * This pairs with __wake_up_klogd:A.
>  		 */
>  		ret = wait_event_interruptible(log_wait,
> -				prb_read_valid(prb,
> -					atomic64_read(&user->seq), r)); /* LMM(devkmsg_read:A) */
> +					       prb_read_valid(prb, atomic64_read(&user->seq),
> +							      NULL)); /* LMM(devkmsg_read:A) */

The above change from "if" to "while" could be avoided if we use
printk_get_next_message() here as well. It looks slightly more
strightfoward to me. Or do I miss something, please?


>  		if (ret)
>  			goto out;
>  	}
>  

Otherwise, I like this change. It simplifies the code.

Best Regards,
Petr