linux/kernel/irq
Linus Torvalds ab486bc9a5 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk
Pull printk updates from Petr Mladek:

 - Add a console_msg_format command line option:

     The value "default" keeps the old "[time stamp] text\n" format. The
     value "syslog" allows to see the syslog-like "<log
     level>[timestamp] text" format.

     This feature was requested by people doing regression tests, for
     example, 0day robot. They want to have both filtered and full logs
     at hands.

 - Reduce the risk of softlockup:

     Pass the console owner in a busy loop.

     This is a new approach to the old problem. It was first proposed by
     Steven Rostedt on Kernel Summit 2017. It marks a context in which
     the console_lock owner calls console drivers and could not sleep.
     On the other side, printk() callers could detect this state and use
     a busy wait instead of a simple console_trylock(). Finally, the
     console_lock owner checks if there is a busy waiter at the end of
     the special context and eventually passes the console_lock to the
     waiter.

     The hand-off works surprisingly well and helps in many situations.
     Well, there is still a possibility of the softlockup, for example,
     when the flood of messages stops and the last owner still has too
     much to flush.

     There is increasing number of people having problems with
     printk-related softlockups. We might eventually need to get better
     solution. Anyway, this looks like a good start and promising
     direction.

 - Do not allow to schedule in console_unlock() called from printk():

     This reverts an older controversial commit. The reschedule helped
     to avoid softlockups. But it also slowed down the console output.
     This patch is obsoleted by the new console waiter logic described
     above. In fact, the reschedule made the hand-off less effective.

 - Deprecate "%pf" and "%pF" format specifier:

     It was needed on ia64, ppc64 and parisc64 to dereference function
     descriptors and show the real function address. It is done
     transparently by "%ps" and "pS" format specifier now.

     Sergey Senozhatsky found that all the function descriptors were in
     a special elf section and could be easily detected.

 - Remove printk_symbol() API:

     It has been obsoleted by "%pS" format specifier, and this change
     helped to remove few continuous lines and a less intuitive old API.

 - Remove redundant memsets:

     Sergey removed unnecessary memset when processing printk.devkmsg
     command line option.

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk: (27 commits)
  printk: drop redundant devkmsg_log_str memsets
  printk: Never set console_may_schedule in console_trylock()
  printk: Hide console waiter logic into helpers
  printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes
  kallsyms: remove print_symbol() function
  checkpatch: add pF/pf deprecation warning
  symbol lookup: introduce dereference_symbol_descriptor()
  parisc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  powerpc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  ia64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  sections: split dereference_function_descriptor()
  openrisc: Fix conflicting types for _exext and _stext
  lib: do not use print_symbol()
  irq debug: do not use print_symbol()
  sysfs: do not use print_symbol()
  drivers: do not use print_symbol()
  x86: do not use print_symbol()
  unicore32: do not use print_symbol()
  sh: do not use print_symbol()
  mn10300: do not use print_symbol()
  ...
2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
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affinity.c genirq/affinity: assign vectors to all possible CPUs 2018-01-12 11:01:38 -07:00
autoprobe.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:33:11 -08:00
chip.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:33:11 -08:00
cpuhotplug.c genirq/cpuhotplug: Add sanity check for effective affinity mask 2017-10-09 13:26:48 +02:00
debug.h Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
debugfs.c genirq: Introduce IRQD_CAN_RESERVE flag 2017-12-29 21:13:04 +01:00
devres.c irq/generic-chip: Provide devm_irq_setup_generic_chip() 2017-06-21 15:53:11 +02:00
dummychip.c Merge branch 'linus' into irq/core 2015-06-05 22:25:01 +02:00
generic-chip.c kernel/irq: Extend lockdep class for request mutex 2017-12-28 12:26:35 +01:00
handle.c There has been a fair amount of activity in the docs tree this time 2017-07-03 21:13:25 -07:00
internals.h genirq/irqdomain: Rename early argument of irq_domain_activate_irq() 2017-12-29 21:13:04 +01:00
ipi.c genirq/ipi: Fixup checks against nr_cpu_ids 2017-08-20 10:49:05 +02:00
irq_sim.c genirq/irq_sim: Add a devres variant of irq_sim_init() 2017-08-16 16:40:02 +02:00
irqdesc.c arm64 updates for 4.15 2017-11-15 10:56:56 -08:00
irqdomain.c irqdomain: Kill CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG 2018-01-24 12:32:58 +01:00
Kconfig irqdomain: Kill CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG 2018-01-24 12:32:58 +01:00
Makefile Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:33:11 -08:00
manage.c irqchip updates for 4.15, take #4 2017-11-14 11:23:05 +01:00
matrix.c irq/matrix: Spread interrupts on allocation 2018-01-18 11:38:41 +01:00
migration.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
msi.c genirq/msi, x86/vector: Prevent reservation mode for non maskable MSI 2017-12-29 21:13:05 +01:00
pm.c genirq/PM: Properly pretend disabled state when force resuming interrupts 2017-07-17 22:32:20 +02:00
proc.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:33:11 -08:00
resend.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
settings.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
spurious.c treewide: Switch DEFINE_TIMER callbacks to struct timer_list * 2017-11-21 15:57:05 -08:00
timings.c irq/timings: Use lockdep to assert IRQs are disabled/enabled 2017-11-08 11:13:52 +01:00