linux-stable.git/kernel/panic.c, branch v6.11.2

printk/panic: Allow cpu backtraces to be written into ringbuffer during panic

2024-08-13T12:16:22+00:00

commit 779dbc2e78d7 ("printk: Avoid non-panic CPUs writing
to ringbuffer") disabled non-panic CPUs to further write messages to
ringbuffer after panicked.

Since the commit, non-panicked CPU's are not allowed to write to
ring buffer after panicked and CPU backtrace which is triggered
after panicked to sample non-panicked CPUs' backtrace no longer
serves its function as it has nothing to print.

Fix the issue by allowing non-panicked CPUs to write into ringbuffer
while CPU backtrace is in flight.

Fixes: 779dbc2e78d7 ("printk: Avoid non-panic CPUs writing to ringbuffer")
Signed-off-by: Ryo Takakura 
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812072703.339690-1-takakura@valinux.co.jp
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek

kernel/panic: add verbose logging of kernel taints in backtraces

2024-06-25T05:25:05+00:00

With nearly 20 taint flags and respective characters, it's getting a bit
difficult to remember what each taint flag character means.  Add verbose
logging of the set taints in the format:

Tainted: [P]=PROPRIETARY_MODULE, [W]=WARN

in dump_stack_print_info() when there are taints.

Note that the "negative flag" G is not included.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7321e306166cb2ca2807ab8639e665baa2462e9c.1717146197.git.jani.nikula@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula 
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

kernel/panic: initialize taint_flags[] using a macro

2024-06-25T05:25:05+00:00

Make it easier to extend struct taint_flags in follow-up.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/8a2498285d37953cfad9dce939ed3abef61051bd.1717146197.git.jani.nikula@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula 
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

kernel/panic: convert print_tainted() to use struct seq_buf internally

2024-06-25T05:25:05+00:00

Convert print_tainted() to use struct seq_buf internally in order to be
more aware of the buffer constraints as well as make it easier to extend
in follow-up work.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cb6006fa7c0f82a6b6885e8eea2920fcdc4fc9d0.1717146197.git.jani.nikula@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula 
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

kernel/panic: return early from print_tainted() when not tainted

2024-06-25T05:25:04+00:00

Reduce indent to make follow-up changes slightly easier on the eyes.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/01d6c03de1c9d1b52b59c652a3704a0a9886ed63.1717146197.git.jani.nikula@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula 
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array

2024-04-24T07:43:53+00:00

This commit comes at the tail end of a greater effort to remove the
empty elements at the end of the ctl_table arrays (sentinels) which
will reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time
memory bloat by ~64 bytes per sentinel (further information Link :
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO5Yx5JFogGi%2FcBo@bombadil.infradead.org/)

Remove the sentinel from ctl_table arrays. Reduce by one the values used
to compare the size of the adjusted arrays.

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados

Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-03-14-09-36' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

2024-03-15T01:03:09+00:00

Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:

 - Kuan-Wei Chiu has developed the well-named series "lib min_heap: Min
   heap optimizations".

 - Kuan-Wei Chiu has also sped up the library sorting code in the series
   "lib/sort: Optimize the number of swaps and comparisons".

 - Alexey Gladkov has added the ability for code running within an IPC
   namespace to alter its IPC and MQ limits. The series is "Allow to
   change ipc/mq sysctls inside ipc namespace".

 - Geert Uytterhoeven has contributed some dhrystone maintenance work in
   the series "lib: dhry: miscellaneous cleanups".

 - Ryusuke Konishi continues nilfs2 maintenance work in the series

	"nilfs2: eliminate kmap and kmap_atomic calls"
	"nilfs2: fix kernel bug at submit_bh_wbc()"

 - Nathan Chancellor has updated our build tools requirements in the
   series "Bump the minimum supported version of LLVM to 13.0.1".

 - Muhammad Usama Anjum continues with the selftests maintenance work in
   the series "selftests/mm: Improve run_vmtests.sh".

 - Oleg Nesterov has done some maintenance work against the signal code
   in the series "get_signal: minor cleanups and fix".

Plus the usual shower of singleton patches in various parts of the tree.
Please see the individual changelogs for details.

* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-03-14-09-36' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (77 commits)
  nilfs2: prevent kernel bug at submit_bh_wbc()
  nilfs2: fix failure to detect DAT corruption in btree and direct mappings
  ocfs2: enable ocfs2_listxattr for special files
  ocfs2: remove SLAB_MEM_SPREAD flag usage
  assoc_array: fix the return value in assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut()
  buildid: use kmap_local_page()
  watchdog/core: remove sysctl handlers from public header
  nilfs2: use div64_ul() instead of do_div()
  mul_u64_u64_div_u64: increase precision by conditionally swapping a and b
  kexec: copy only happens before uchunk goes to zero
  get_signal: don't initialize ksig->info if SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT/group_exec_task
  get_signal: hide_si_addr_tag_bits: fix the usage of uninitialized ksig
  get_signal: don't abuse ksig->info.si_signo and ksig->sig
  const_structs.checkpatch: add device_type
  Normalise "name (ad@dr)" MODULE_AUTHORs to "name "
  dyndbg: replace kstrdup() + strchr() with kstrdup_and_replace()
  list: leverage list_is_head() for list_entry_is_head()
  nilfs2: MAINTAINERS: drop unreachable project mirror site
  smp: make __smp_processor_id() 0-argument macro
  fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles
  ...

panic: add option to dump blocked tasks in panic_print

2024-02-22T23:38:55+00:00

For debugging kernel panics and other bugs, there is already an option of
panic_print to dump all tasks' call stacks.  On today's large servers
running many containers, there could be thousands of tasks or more, and
this will print out huge amount of call stacks, taking a lot of time (for
serial console which is main target user case of panic_print).

And in many cases, only those several tasks being blocked are key for the
panic, so add an option to only dump blocked tasks' call stacks.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: clarify documentation a little]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240202132042.3609657-1-feng.tang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang 
Tested-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli 
Cc: Jonathan Corbet 
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Randy Dunlap 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

panic: suppress gnu_printf warning

2024-02-22T23:38:51+00:00

with GCC 13.2.1 and W=1, there's compiling warning like this:

kernel/panic.c: In function `__warn':
kernel/panic.c:676:17: warning: function `__warn' might be a candidate for `gnu_printf' format attribute [-Wsuggest-attribute=format]
  676 |                 vprintk(args->fmt, args->args);
      |                 ^~~~~~~

The normal __printf(x,y) adding can't fix it. So add workaround which
disables -Wsuggest-attribute=format to mute it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240107091641.579849-1-bhe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

panic: Flush kernel log buffer at the end

2024-02-07T16:23:19+00:00

If the kernel crashes in a context where printk() calls always
defer printing (such as in NMI or inside a printk_safe section)
then the final panic messages will be deferred to irq_work. But
if irq_work is not available, the messages will not get printed
unless explicitly flushed. The result is that the final
"end Kernel panic" banner does not get printed.

Add one final flush after the last printk() call to make sure
the final panic messages make it out as well.

Signed-off-by: John Ogness 
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240207134103.1357162-14-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek