printk: disable optimistic spin during panic
A CPU executing with console lock spinning enabled might be halted during a panic. Before the panicking CPU calls console_flush_on_panic(), it may call console_trylock(), which attempts to optimistically spin, deadlocking the panic CPU: CPU 0 (panic CPU) CPU 1 ----------------- ------ printk() { vprintk_func() { vprintk_default() { vprintk_emit() { console_unlock() { console_lock_spinning_enable(); ... printing to console ... panic() { crash_smp_send_stop() { NMI -------------------> HALT } atomic_notifier_call_chain() { printk() { ... console_trylock_spinnning() { // optimistic spin infinitely This hang during panic can be induced when a kdump kernel is loaded, and crash_kexec_post_notifiers=1 is present on the kernel command line. The following script which concurrently writes to /dev/kmsg, and triggers a panic, can result in this hang: #!/bin/bash date # 991 chars (based on log buffer size): chars="$(printf 'a%.0s' {1..991})" while :; do echo $chars > /dev/kmsg done & echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger & date exit To avoid this deadlock, ensure that console_trylock_spinning() does not allow spinning once a panic has begun. Fixes: dbdda842 ("printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes") Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220202171821.179394-3-stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com
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