FAILED: patch "[PATCH] printk: do cond_resched() between lines while outputting to" failed to apply to 4.3-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.3-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 8d91f8b15361dfb438ab6eb3b319e2ded43458ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:58:24 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] printk: do cond_resched() between lines while outputting to
 consoles

@console_may_schedule tracks whether console_sem was acquired through
lock or trylock.  If the former, we're inside a sleepable context and
console_conditional_schedule() performs cond_resched().  This allows
console drivers which use console_lock for synchronization to yield
while performing time-consuming operations such as scrolling.

However, the actual console outputting is performed while holding
irq-safe logbuf_lock, so console_unlock() clears @console_may_schedule
before starting outputting lines.  Also, only a few drivers call
console_conditional_schedule() to begin with.  This means that when a
lot of lines need to be output by console_unlock(), for example on a
console registration, the task doing console_unlock() may not yield for
a long time on a non-preemptible kernel.

If this happens with a slow console devices, for example a serial
console, the outputting task may occupy the cpu for a very long time.
Long enough to trigger softlockup and/or RCU stall warnings, which in
turn pile more messages, sometimes enough to trigger the next cycle of
warnings incapacitating the system.

Fix it by making console_unlock() insert cond_resched() between lines if
@console_may_schedule.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h
index bd194343c346..ea731af2451e 100644
--- a/include/linux/console.h
+++ b/include/linux/console.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ extern int console_trylock(void);
 extern void console_unlock(void);
 extern void console_conditional_schedule(void);
 extern void console_unblank(void);
+extern void console_flush_on_panic(void);
 extern struct tty_driver *console_device(int *);
 extern void console_stop(struct console *);
 extern void console_start(struct console *);
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index b333380c6bb2..d96469de72dc 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	 * panic() is not being callled from OOPS.
 	 */
 	debug_locks_off();
-	console_trylock();
-	console_unlock();
+	console_flush_on_panic();
 
 	if (!panic_blink)
 		panic_blink = no_blink;
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 0c9f02506169..08934a395c1a 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2234,13 +2234,24 @@ void console_unlock(void)
 	static u64 seen_seq;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	bool wake_klogd = false;
-	bool retry;
+	bool do_cond_resched, retry;
 
 	if (console_suspended) {
 		up_console_sem();
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Console drivers are called under logbuf_lock, so
+	 * @console_may_schedule should be cleared before; however, we may
+	 * end up dumping a lot of lines, for example, if called from
+	 * console registration path, and should invoke cond_resched()
+	 * between lines if allowable.  Not doing so can cause a very long
+	 * scheduling stall on a slow console leading to RCU stall and
+	 * softlockup warnings which exacerbate the issue with more
+	 * messages practically incapacitating the system.
+	 */
+	do_cond_resched = console_may_schedule;
 	console_may_schedule = 0;
 
 	/* flush buffered message fragment immediately to console */
@@ -2312,6 +2323,9 @@ skip:
 		call_console_drivers(level, ext_text, ext_len, text, len);
 		start_critical_timings();
 		local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+		if (do_cond_resched)
+			cond_resched();
 	}
 	console_locked = 0;
 
@@ -2379,6 +2393,25 @@ void console_unblank(void)
 	console_unlock();
 }
 
+/**
+ * console_flush_on_panic - flush console content on panic
+ *
+ * Immediately output all pending messages no matter what.
+ */
+void console_flush_on_panic(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If someone else is holding the console lock, trylock will fail
+	 * and may_schedule may be set.  Ignore and proceed to unlock so
+	 * that messages are flushed out.  As this can be called from any
+	 * context and we don't want to get preempted while flushing,
+	 * ensure may_schedule is cleared.
+	 */
+	console_trylock();
+	console_may_schedule = 0;
+	console_unlock();
+}
+
 /*
  * Return the console tty driver structure and its associated index
  */