From 4d09161196c9a836eacea4b36e2f217bc34894cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Getz Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:08:37 -0400 Subject: printk: Enable the use of more than one CON_BOOT (early console) Today, register_console() assumes the following usage: - The first console to register with a flag set to CON_BOOT is the one and only bootconsole. - If another register_console() is called with an additional CON_BOOT, it is silently rejected. - As soon as a console without the CON_BOOT set calls registers the bootconsole is automatically unregistered. - Once there is a "real" console - register_console() will silently reject any consoles with it's CON_BOOT flag set. In many systems (alpha, blackfin, microblaze, mips, powerpc, sh, & x86), there are early_printk implementations, which use the CON_BOOT which come out serial ports, vga, usb, & memory buffers. In many embedded systems, it would be nice to have two bootconsoles - in case the primary fails, you always have access to a backup memory buffer - but this requires at least two CON_BOOT consoles... This patch enables that functionality. With the change applied, on boot you get (if you try to re-enable a boot console after the "real" console has been registered): root:/> dmesg | grep console bootconsole [early_shadow0] enabled bootconsole [early_BFuart0] enabled Kernel command line: root=/dev/mtdblock0 rw earlyprintk=serial,uart0,57600 console=ttyBF0,57600 nmi_debug=regs console handover:boot [early_BFuart0] boot [early_shadow0] -> real [ttyBF0] Too late to register bootconsole early_shadow0 or: root:/> dmesg | grep console Kernel command line: root=/dev/mtdblock0 rw console=ttyBF0,57600 console [ttyBF0] enabled Signed-off-by: Robin Getz Cc: "Linus Torvalds" Cc: "Andrew Morton" Cc: "Mike Frysinger" Cc: "Paul Mundt" LKML-Reference: <200907012108.38030.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/printk.c | 146 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index b4d97b54c1ec..41fe60995530 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ #include +/* + * for_each_console() allows you to iterate on each console + */ +#define for_each_console(con) \ + for (con = console_drivers; con != NULL; con = con->next) + /* * Architectures can override it: */ @@ -412,7 +418,7 @@ static void __call_console_drivers(unsigned start, unsigned end) { struct console *con; - for (con = console_drivers; con; con = con->next) { + for_each_console(con) { if ((con->flags & CON_ENABLED) && con->write && (cpu_online(smp_processor_id()) || (con->flags & CON_ANYTIME))) @@ -544,7 +550,7 @@ static int have_callable_console(void) { struct console *con; - for (con = console_drivers; con; con = con->next) + for_each_console(con) if (con->flags & CON_ANYTIME) return 1; @@ -1082,7 +1088,7 @@ void console_unblank(void) console_locked = 1; console_may_schedule = 0; - for (c = console_drivers; c != NULL; c = c->next) + for_each_console(c) if ((c->flags & CON_ENABLED) && c->unblank) c->unblank(); release_console_sem(); @@ -1097,7 +1103,7 @@ struct tty_driver *console_device(int *index) struct tty_driver *driver = NULL; acquire_console_sem(); - for (c = console_drivers; c != NULL; c = c->next) { + for_each_console(c) { if (!c->device) continue; driver = c->device(c, index); @@ -1134,25 +1140,49 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_start); * to register the console printing procedure with printk() and to * print any messages that were printed by the kernel before the * console driver was initialized. + * + * This can happen pretty early during the boot process (because of + * early_printk) - sometimes before setup_arch() completes - be careful + * of what kernel features are used - they may not be initialised yet. + * + * There are two types of consoles - bootconsoles (early_printk) and + * "real" consoles (everything which is not a bootconsole) which are + * handled differently. + * - Any number of bootconsoles can be registered at any time. + * - As soon as a "real" console is registered, all bootconsoles + * will be unregistered automatically. + * - Once a "real" console is registered, any attempt to register a + * bootconsoles will be rejected */ -void register_console(struct console *console) +void register_console(struct console *newcon) { int i; unsigned long flags; - struct console *bootconsole = NULL; + struct console *bcon = NULL; - if (console_drivers) { - if (console->flags & CON_BOOT) - return; - if (console_drivers->flags & CON_BOOT) - bootconsole = console_drivers; + /* + * before we register a new CON_BOOT console, make sure we don't + * already have a valid console + */ + if (console_drivers && newcon->flags & CON_BOOT) { + /* find the last or real console */ + for_each_console(bcon) { + if (!(bcon->flags & CON_BOOT)) { + printk(KERN_INFO "Too late to register bootconsole %s%d\n", + newcon->name, newcon->index); + return; + } + } } - if (preferred_console < 0 || bootconsole || !console_drivers) + if (console_drivers && console_drivers->flags & CON_BOOT) + bcon = console_drivers; + + if (preferred_console < 0 || bcon || !console_drivers) preferred_console = selected_console; - if (console->early_setup) - console->early_setup(); + if (newcon->early_setup) + newcon->early_setup(); /* * See if we want to use this console driver. If we @@ -1160,13 +1190,13 @@ void register_console(struct console *console) * that registers here. */ if (preferred_console < 0) { - if (console->index < 0) - console->index = 0; - if (console->setup == NULL || - console->setup(console, NULL) == 0) { - console->flags |= CON_ENABLED; - if (console->device) { - console->flags |= CON_CONSDEV; + if (newcon->index < 0) + newcon->index = 0; + if (newcon->setup == NULL || + newcon->setup(newcon, NULL) == 0) { + newcon->flags |= CON_ENABLED; + if (newcon->device) { + newcon->flags |= CON_CONSDEV; preferred_console = 0; } } @@ -1178,47 +1208,53 @@ void register_console(struct console *console) */ for (i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && console_cmdline[i].name[0]; i++) { - if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, console->name) != 0) + if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, newcon->name) != 0) continue; - if (console->index >= 0 && - console->index != console_cmdline[i].index) + if (newcon->index >= 0 && + newcon->index != console_cmdline[i].index) continue; - if (console->index < 0) - console->index = console_cmdline[i].index; + if (newcon->index < 0) + newcon->index = console_cmdline[i].index; #ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE if (console_cmdline[i].brl_options) { - console->flags |= CON_BRL; - braille_register_console(console, + newcon->flags |= CON_BRL; + braille_register_console(newcon, console_cmdline[i].index, console_cmdline[i].options, console_cmdline[i].brl_options); return; } #endif - if (console->setup && - console->setup(console, console_cmdline[i].options) != 0) + if (newcon->setup && + newcon->setup(newcon, console_cmdline[i].options) != 0) break; - console->flags |= CON_ENABLED; - console->index = console_cmdline[i].index; + newcon->flags |= CON_ENABLED; + newcon->index = console_cmdline[i].index; if (i == selected_console) { - console->flags |= CON_CONSDEV; + newcon->flags |= CON_CONSDEV; preferred_console = selected_console; } break; } - if (!(console->flags & CON_ENABLED)) + if (!(newcon->flags & CON_ENABLED)) return; - if (bootconsole && (console->flags & CON_CONSDEV)) { - printk(KERN_INFO "console handover: boot [%s%d] -> real [%s%d]\n", - bootconsole->name, bootconsole->index, - console->name, console->index); - unregister_console(bootconsole); - console->flags &= ~CON_PRINTBUFFER; + if (bcon && ((newcon->flags & (CON_CONSDEV | CON_BOOT)) == CON_CONSDEV)) { + /* we need to iterate through twice, to make sure we print + * everything out, before we unregister the console(s) + */ + printk(KERN_INFO "console handover:"); + for_each_console(bcon) + printk("boot [%s%d] ", bcon->name, bcon->index); + printk(" -> real [%s%d]\n", newcon->name, newcon->index); + for_each_console(bcon) + unregister_console(bcon); + newcon->flags &= ~CON_PRINTBUFFER; } else { - printk(KERN_INFO "console [%s%d] enabled\n", - console->name, console->index); + printk(KERN_INFO "%sconsole [%s%d] enabled\n", + (newcon->flags & CON_BOOT) ? "boot" : "" , + newcon->name, newcon->index); } /* @@ -1226,16 +1262,16 @@ void register_console(struct console *console) * preferred driver at the head of the list. */ acquire_console_sem(); - if ((console->flags & CON_CONSDEV) || console_drivers == NULL) { - console->next = console_drivers; - console_drivers = console; - if (console->next) - console->next->flags &= ~CON_CONSDEV; + if ((newcon->flags & CON_CONSDEV) || console_drivers == NULL) { + newcon->next = console_drivers; + console_drivers = newcon; + if (newcon->next) + newcon->next->flags &= ~CON_CONSDEV; } else { - console->next = console_drivers->next; - console_drivers->next = console; + newcon->next = console_drivers->next; + console_drivers->next = newcon; } - if (console->flags & CON_PRINTBUFFER) { + if (newcon->flags & CON_PRINTBUFFER) { /* * release_console_sem() will print out the buffered messages * for us. @@ -1287,11 +1323,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_console); static int __init disable_boot_consoles(void) { - if (console_drivers != NULL) { - if (console_drivers->flags & CON_BOOT) { + struct console *con; + + for_each_console(con) { + if (con->flags & CON_BOOT) { printk(KERN_INFO "turn off boot console %s%d\n", - console_drivers->name, console_drivers->index); - return unregister_console(console_drivers); + con->name, con->index); + return unregister_console(con); } } return 0; -- cgit v1.2.1 From 8259cf4342029aad37660e524178c8858f48b0ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Getz Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:08:37 -0400 Subject: printk: Ensure that "console enabled" messages are printed on the console Today, when a console is registered without CON_PRINTBUFFER, end users never see the announcement of it being added, and never know if they missed something, if the console is really at the start or not, and just leads to general confusion. This re-orders existing code, to make sure the console is added, before the "console [%s%d] enabled" is printed out - ensuring that this message is _always_ seen. This has the desired/intended side effect of making sure that "console enabled:" messages are printed on the bootconsole, and the real console. This does cause the same line is printed twice if the bootconsole and real console are the same device, but if they are on different devices, the message is printed to both consoles. Signed-off-by : Robin Getz Cc: "Andrew Morton" Cc: "Linus Torvalds" LKML-Reference: <200907091308.37370.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/printk.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index 41fe60995530..668df351e6a9 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -1240,22 +1240,14 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon) if (!(newcon->flags & CON_ENABLED)) return; - if (bcon && ((newcon->flags & (CON_CONSDEV | CON_BOOT)) == CON_CONSDEV)) { - /* we need to iterate through twice, to make sure we print - * everything out, before we unregister the console(s) - */ - printk(KERN_INFO "console handover:"); - for_each_console(bcon) - printk("boot [%s%d] ", bcon->name, bcon->index); - printk(" -> real [%s%d]\n", newcon->name, newcon->index); - for_each_console(bcon) - unregister_console(bcon); + /* + * If we have a bootconsole, and are switching to a real console, + * don't print everything out again, since when the boot console, and + * the real console are the same physical device, it's annoying to + * see the beginning boot messages twice + */ + if (bcon && ((newcon->flags & (CON_CONSDEV | CON_BOOT)) == CON_CONSDEV)) newcon->flags &= ~CON_PRINTBUFFER; - } else { - printk(KERN_INFO "%sconsole [%s%d] enabled\n", - (newcon->flags & CON_BOOT) ? "boot" : "" , - newcon->name, newcon->index); - } /* * Put this console in the list - keep the @@ -1281,6 +1273,28 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags); } release_console_sem(); + + /* + * By unregistering the bootconsoles after we enable the real console + * we get the "console xxx enabled" message on all the consoles - + * boot consoles, real consoles, etc - this is to ensure that end + * users know there might be something in the kernel's log buffer that + * went to the bootconsole (that they do not see on the real console) + */ + if (bcon && ((newcon->flags & (CON_CONSDEV | CON_BOOT)) == CON_CONSDEV)) { + /* we need to iterate through twice, to make sure we print + * everything out, before we unregister the console(s) + */ + printk(KERN_INFO "console [%s%d] enabled, bootconsole disabled\n", + newcon->name, newcon->index); + for_each_console(bcon) + if (bcon->flags & CON_BOOT) + unregister_console(bcon); + } else { + printk(KERN_INFO "%sconsole [%s%d] enabled\n", + (newcon->flags & CON_BOOT) ? "boot" : "" , + newcon->name, newcon->index); + } } EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_console); -- cgit v1.2.1 From 1aaad49e856ce41adc07d8ae0c8ef35fc4483245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:31:48 +0200 Subject: printk: Restore previous console_loglevel when re-enabling logging When logging to console is disabled from userspace using klogctl() and later re-enabled, console_loglevel gets set to the default log level instead to the previous value. This means that if the kernel was booted with 'quiet', the boot is suddenly no longer quiet after logging to console gets re-enabled. Save the current console_loglevel when logging is disabled and restore to that value. If the log level is set to a specific value while disabled, this is interpreted as an implicit re-enabling of the logging. The problem that prompted this patch is described in: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/28/234 There are two variations possible on the patch below: 1) If klogctl(7) is called while logging is not disabled, then set level to default (partially preserving current functionality): case 7: /* Enable logging to console */ - console_loglevel = default_console_loglevel; + if (saved_console_loglevel == -1) + console_loglevel = default_console_loglevel; + else { + console_loglevel = saved_console_loglevel; + saved_console_loglevel = -1; + } 2) If klogctl(8) is called while logging is disabled, then don't enable logging, but remember the requested value for when logging does get enabled again: case 8: /* Set level of messages printed to console */ [...] - console_loglevel = len; + if (saved_console_loglevel == -1) + console_loglevel = len; + else + saved_console_loglevel = len; Yet another option would be to ignore the request. Signed-off-by: Frans Pop Cc: cryptsetup@packages.debian.org Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Linus Torvalds LKML-Reference: <200907061331.49930.elendil@planet.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/printk.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index 668df351e6a9..e0daaf57985a 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ int console_printk[4] = { DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL, /* default_console_loglevel */ }; +static int saved_console_loglevel = -1; + /* * Low level drivers may need that to know if they can schedule in * their unblank() callback or not. So let's export it. @@ -378,10 +380,15 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len) logged_chars = 0; break; case 6: /* Disable logging to console */ + if (saved_console_loglevel == -1) + saved_console_loglevel = console_loglevel; console_loglevel = minimum_console_loglevel; break; case 7: /* Enable logging to console */ - console_loglevel = default_console_loglevel; + if (saved_console_loglevel != -1) { + console_loglevel = saved_console_loglevel; + saved_console_loglevel = -1; + } break; case 8: /* Set level of messages printed to console */ error = -EINVAL; @@ -390,6 +397,8 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len) if (len < minimum_console_loglevel) len = minimum_console_loglevel; console_loglevel = len; + /* Implicitly re-enable logging to console */ + saved_console_loglevel = -1; error = 0; break; case 9: /* Number of chars in the log buffer */ -- cgit v1.2.1 From 42c2c8c854a716b05882a122632ddcd6dbe108f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sonic Zhang Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:58:11 -0700 Subject: printk: Fix "printk: Enable the use of more than one CON_BOOT (early console)" Don't return when we find the first bootconsole - it can leave other bootconsoles still installed, and they can be used and cause problems later (if they are in the init section, and eventually released), and cause problems. Make sure we remove all of them. Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang Signed-off-by: Robin Getz Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/printk.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index e0daaf57985a..e10d193a833a 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ static int __init disable_boot_consoles(void) if (con->flags & CON_BOOT) { printk(KERN_INFO "turn off boot console %s%d\n", con->name, con->index); - return unregister_console(con); + unregister_console(con); } } return 0; -- cgit v1.2.1