Re: [PATCH 1/2] printk: Add an option to flush all messages on panic

[Mukesh Ojha <mojha@codeaurora.org>]

On 4/1/2019 4:18 PM, Feng Tang wrote:
> Current console_flush_on_panic() will only dump the new messages
> in buffer, and users may need an opportunity to check all the
> messages on panic which could help debugging, as user may haven't
> seen the log before panic due to loglevel settings.
>
> Add a flag for console_flush_on_panic() to chose whether to
> dump all messages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>


Looks good to me.


But, Will it not be good if put it under a config and not change the 
prototype, as it is a debug feature?

Thanks,
Mukesh

> ---
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c | 2 +-
>   include/linux/console.h     | 2 +-
>   kernel/panic.c              | 2 +-
>   kernel/printk/printk.c      | 9 ++++++++-
>   4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
> index 1fd45a8..58d9580 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ extern void panic_flush_kmsg_end(void)
>   	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC);
>   	bust_spinlocks(0);
>   	debug_locks_off();
> -	console_flush_on_panic();
> +	console_flush_on_panic(false);
>   }
>   
>   static unsigned long oops_begin(struct pt_regs *regs)
> diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h
> index ec9bdb3..825ecf5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/console.h
> +++ b/include/linux/console.h
> @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ 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 void console_flush_on_panic(bool flush_all);
>   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 0ae0d73..fb77e01 100644
> --- a/kernel/panic.c
> +++ b/kernel/panic.c
> @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
>   	 * panic() is not being callled from OOPS.
>   	 */
>   	debug_locks_off();
> -	console_flush_on_panic();
> +	console_flush_on_panic(false);
>   
>   	panic_print_sys_info();
>   
> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> index 02ca827..8ff099b 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -2525,10 +2525,11 @@ void console_unblank(void)
>   
>   /**
>    * console_flush_on_panic - flush console content on panic
> + * @flush_all:	whether to print all messages in buffer
>    *
>    * Immediately output all pending messages no matter what.
>    */
> -void console_flush_on_panic(void)
> +void console_flush_on_panic(bool flush_all)
>   {
>   	/*
>   	 * If someone else is holding the console lock, trylock will fail
> @@ -2539,6 +2540,12 @@ void console_flush_on_panic(void)
>   	 */
>   	console_trylock();
>   	console_may_schedule = 0;
> +
> +	/* User may want to see all the printk messages on panic */
> +	if (flush_all) {
> +		console_seq = log_first_seq;
> +		console_idx = log_first_idx;
> +	}
>   	console_unlock();
>   }
>