linux-stable.git/kernel/printk.c, branch v3.4.112

console: Fix console name size mismatch

2015-06-19T03:40:22+00:00

commit 30a22c215a0007603ffc08021f2e8b64018517dd upstream.

commit 6ae9200f2cab7 ("enlarge console.name") increased the storage
for the console name to 16 bytes, but not the corresponding
struct console_cmdline::name storage. Console names longer than
8 bytes cause read beyond end-of-string and failure to match
console; I'm not sure if there are other unexpected consequences.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
[lizf: Backported to 3.4:
 - adjust filename
 - s/c->name/console_cmdline[i].name/]
Signed-off-by: Zefan Li

printk: rename printk_sched to printk_deferred

2014-08-07T19:00:10+00:00

commit aac74dc495456412c4130a1167ce4beb6c1f0b38 upstream.

After learning we'll need some sort of deferred printk functionality in
the timekeeping core, Peter suggested we rename the printk_sched function
so it can be reused by needed subsystems.

This only changes the function name. No logic changes.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz 
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt 
Cc: Jan Kara 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Jiri Bohac 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

printk: Fix rq->lock vs logbuf_lock unlock lock inversion

2014-04-14T13:44:16+00:00

commit dbda92d16f8655044e082930e4e9d244b87fde77 upstream.

commit 07354eb1a74d1 ("locking printk: Annotate logbuf_lock as raw")
reintroduced a lock inversion problem which was fixed in commit
0b5e1c5255 ("printk: Release console_sem after logbuf_lock"). This
happened probably when fixing up patch rejects.

Restore the ordering and unlock logbuf_lock before releasing
console_sem.

Signed-off-by: ybu 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/E807E903FE6CBE4D95E420FBFCC273B827413C@nasanexd01h.na.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings 
Cc: Qiang Huang 
Cc: Li Zefan 
Cc: Jianguo Wu 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

printk: Fix scheduling-while-atomic problem in console_cpu_notify()

2014-02-20T18:45:32+00:00

commit 85eae82a0855d49852b87deac8653e4ebc8b291f upstream.

The console_cpu_notify() function runs with interrupts disabled in the
CPU_DYING case.  It therefore cannot block, for example, as will happen
when it calls console_lock().  Therefore, remove the CPU_DYING leg of
the switch statement to avoid this problem.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Guillaume Morin 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

printk: fix buffer overflow when calling log_prefix function from call_console_drivers

2013-02-21T18:04:57+00:00

This patch corrects a buffer overflow in kernels from 3.0 to 3.4 when calling
log_prefix() function from call_console_drivers().

This bug existed in previous releases but has been revealed with commit
162a7e7500f9664636e649ba59defe541b7c2c60 (2.6.39 => 3.0) that made changes
about how to allocate memory for early printk buffer (use of memblock_alloc).
It disappears with commit 7ff9554bb578ba02166071d2d487b7fc7d860d62 (3.4 => 3.5)
that does a refactoring of printk buffer management.

In log_prefix(), the access to "p[0]", "p[1]", "p[2]" or
"simple_strtoul(&p[1], &endp, 10)" may cause a buffer overflow as this
function is called from call_console_drivers by passing "&LOG_BUF(cur_index)"
where the index must be masked to do not exceed the buffer's boundary.

The trick is to prepare in call_console_drivers() a buffer with the necessary
data (PRI field of syslog message) to be safely evaluated in log_prefix().

This patch can be applied to stable kernel branches 3.0.y, 3.2.y and 3.4.y.

Without this patch, one can freeze a server running this loop from shell :
  $ export DUMMY=`cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc '12345AZERTYUIOPQSDFGHJKLMWXCVBNazertyuiopqsdfghjklmwxcvbn' | head -c255`
  $ while true do ; echo $DUMMY > /dev/kmsg ; done

The "server freeze" depends on where memblock_alloc does allocate printk buffer :
if the buffer overflow is inside another kernel allocation the problem may not
be revealed, else the server may hangs up.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre SIMON 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2012-03-20T17:31:44+00:00

Pull scheduler changes for v3.4 from Ingo Molnar

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (27 commits)
  printk: Make it compile with !CONFIG_PRINTK
  sched/x86: Fix overflow in cyc2ns_offset
  sched: Fix nohz load accounting -- again!
  sched: Update yield() docs
  printk/sched: Introduce special printk_sched() for those awkward moments
  sched/nohz: Correctly initialize 'next_balance' in 'nohz' idle balancer
  sched: Cleanup cpu_active madness
  sched: Fix load-balance wreckage
  sched: Clean up parameter passing of proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice()
  sched: Ditch per cgroup task lists for load-balancing
  sched: Rename load-balancing fields
  sched: Move load-balancing arguments into helper struct
  sched/rt: Do not submit new work when PI-blocked
  sched/rt: Prevent idle task boosting
  sched/wait: Add __wake_up_all_locked() API
  sched/rt: Document scheduler related skip-resched-check sites
  sched/rt: Use schedule_preempt_disabled()
  sched/rt: Add schedule_preempt_disabled()
  sched/rt: Do not throttle when PI boosting
  sched/rt: Keep period timer ticking when rt throttling is active
  ...

printk: Make it compile with !CONFIG_PRINTK

2012-03-15T12:38:54+00:00

Commit 3ccf3e830615 ("printk/sched: Introduce special
printk_sched() for those awkward moments") overlooked
an #ifdef, so move code around to respect these directives.

Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Randy Dunlap 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1331811337.18960.179.camel@twins
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge tag 'v3.3-rc7' into sched/core

2012-03-13T15:26:52+00:00

Merge reason: merge back final fixes, prepare for the merge window.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core

2012-03-12T19:44:11+00:00

Merge reason: We are going to queue up a dependent patch.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

printk/sched: Introduce special printk_sched() for those awkward moments

2012-03-12T19:43:16+00:00

There's a few awkward printk()s inside of scheduler guts that people
prefer to keep but really are rather deadlock prone. Fudge around it
by storing the text in a per-cpu buffer and poll it using the existing
printk_tick() handler.

This will drop output when its more frequent than once a tick, however
only the affinity thing could possible go that fast and for that just
one should suffice to notify the admin he's done something silly..

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-wua3lmkt3dg8nfts66o6brne@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar