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Merge tag 'printk-for-6.19-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux

Pull printk fix from Petr Mladek:

- Prevent softlockup by restoring IRQs in atomic flush after each
record

* tag 'printk-for-6.19-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux:
printk/nbcon: Restore IRQ in atomic flush after each emitted record

+18 -20
+18 -20
kernel/printk/nbcon.c
··· 1557 1557 ctxt->allow_unsafe_takeover = nbcon_allow_unsafe_takeover(); 1558 1558 1559 1559 while (nbcon_seq_read(con) < stop_seq) { 1560 - if (!nbcon_context_try_acquire(ctxt, false)) 1561 - return -EPERM; 1562 - 1563 1560 /* 1564 - * nbcon_emit_next_record() returns false when the console was 1565 - * handed over or taken over. In both cases the context is no 1566 - * longer valid. 1561 + * Atomic flushing does not use console driver synchronization 1562 + * (i.e. it does not hold the port lock for uart consoles). 1563 + * Therefore IRQs must be disabled to avoid being interrupted 1564 + * and then calling into a driver that will deadlock trying 1565 + * to acquire console ownership. 1567 1566 */ 1568 - if (!nbcon_emit_next_record(&wctxt, true)) 1569 - return -EAGAIN; 1567 + scoped_guard(irqsave) { 1568 + if (!nbcon_context_try_acquire(ctxt, false)) 1569 + return -EPERM; 1570 1570 1571 - nbcon_context_release(ctxt); 1571 + /* 1572 + * nbcon_emit_next_record() returns false when 1573 + * the console was handed over or taken over. 1574 + * In both cases the context is no longer valid. 1575 + */ 1576 + if (!nbcon_emit_next_record(&wctxt, true)) 1577 + return -EAGAIN; 1578 + 1579 + nbcon_context_release(ctxt); 1580 + } 1572 1581 1573 1582 if (!ctxt->backlog) { 1574 1583 /* Are there reserved but not yet finalized records? */ ··· 1604 1595 static void nbcon_atomic_flush_pending_con(struct console *con, u64 stop_seq) 1605 1596 { 1606 1597 struct console_flush_type ft; 1607 - unsigned long flags; 1608 1598 int err; 1609 1599 1610 1600 again: 1611 - /* 1612 - * Atomic flushing does not use console driver synchronization (i.e. 1613 - * it does not hold the port lock for uart consoles). Therefore IRQs 1614 - * must be disabled to avoid being interrupted and then calling into 1615 - * a driver that will deadlock trying to acquire console ownership. 1616 - */ 1617 - local_irq_save(flags); 1618 - 1619 1601 err = __nbcon_atomic_flush_pending_con(con, stop_seq); 1620 - 1621 - local_irq_restore(flags); 1622 1602 1623 1603 /* 1624 1604 * If there was a new owner (-EPERM, -EAGAIN), that context is