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Linus Torvalds ab486bc9a5 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk
Pull printk updates from Petr Mladek:

 - Add a console_msg_format command line option:

     The value "default" keeps the old "[time stamp] text\n" format. The
     value "syslog" allows to see the syslog-like "<log
     level>[timestamp] text" format.

     This feature was requested by people doing regression tests, for
     example, 0day robot. They want to have both filtered and full logs
     at hands.

 - Reduce the risk of softlockup:

     Pass the console owner in a busy loop.

     This is a new approach to the old problem. It was first proposed by
     Steven Rostedt on Kernel Summit 2017. It marks a context in which
     the console_lock owner calls console drivers and could not sleep.
     On the other side, printk() callers could detect this state and use
     a busy wait instead of a simple console_trylock(). Finally, the
     console_lock owner checks if there is a busy waiter at the end of
     the special context and eventually passes the console_lock to the
     waiter.

     The hand-off works surprisingly well and helps in many situations.
     Well, there is still a possibility of the softlockup, for example,
     when the flood of messages stops and the last owner still has too
     much to flush.

     There is increasing number of people having problems with
     printk-related softlockups. We might eventually need to get better
     solution. Anyway, this looks like a good start and promising
     direction.

 - Do not allow to schedule in console_unlock() called from printk():

     This reverts an older controversial commit. The reschedule helped
     to avoid softlockups. But it also slowed down the console output.
     This patch is obsoleted by the new console waiter logic described
     above. In fact, the reschedule made the hand-off less effective.

 - Deprecate "%pf" and "%pF" format specifier:

     It was needed on ia64, ppc64 and parisc64 to dereference function
     descriptors and show the real function address. It is done
     transparently by "%ps" and "pS" format specifier now.

     Sergey Senozhatsky found that all the function descriptors were in
     a special elf section and could be easily detected.

 - Remove printk_symbol() API:

     It has been obsoleted by "%pS" format specifier, and this change
     helped to remove few continuous lines and a less intuitive old API.

 - Remove redundant memsets:

     Sergey removed unnecessary memset when processing printk.devkmsg
     command line option.

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk: (27 commits)
  printk: drop redundant devkmsg_log_str memsets
  printk: Never set console_may_schedule in console_trylock()
  printk: Hide console waiter logic into helpers
  printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes
  kallsyms: remove print_symbol() function
  checkpatch: add pF/pf deprecation warning
  symbol lookup: introduce dereference_symbol_descriptor()
  parisc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  powerpc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  ia64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  sections: split dereference_function_descriptor()
  openrisc: Fix conflicting types for _exext and _stext
  lib: do not use print_symbol()
  irq debug: do not use print_symbol()
  sysfs: do not use print_symbol()
  drivers: do not use print_symbol()
  x86: do not use print_symbol()
  unicore32: do not use print_symbol()
  sh: do not use print_symbol()
  mn10300: do not use print_symbol()
  ...
2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
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ABI Char/Misc driver patches for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:31:17 -08:00
accounting
acpi ACPI / LPIT: Add Low Power Idle Table (LPIT) support 2017-10-11 15:38:10 +02:00
admin-guide Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
aoe
arm ARM: sunxi: add support for R40 SoC 2017-09-22 21:57:09 +02:00
arm64 arm64 updates for 4.16: 2018-01-30 13:57:43 -08:00
auxdisplay
backlight
blackfin
block block, bfq: move debug blkio stats behind CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP 2017-11-14 20:13:33 -07:00
blockdev
bpf bpf, doc: add faq about bpf development process 2017-12-06 14:32:42 -08:00
bus-devices
cdrom documentation: Update ide-cd documentation to reflect CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE removal 2017-10-12 11:25:31 -06:00
cgroup-v1 Documentation: Fix 'file_mapped' -> 'mapped_file' 2018-01-30 09:52:11 -08:00
cma
connector
console
core-api Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
cpu-freq cpufreq: stats: Handle the case when trans_table goes beyond PAGE_SIZE 2017-11-08 23:41:25 +01:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto crypto: doc - adapt api sample to use async. op wait 2017-11-03 22:11:23 +08:00
dev-tools Kbuild misc updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:51:33 -08:00
device-mapper dm cache: Documentation: update default migration_throttling value 2018-01-30 16:55:47 -05:00
devicetree DeviceTree updates for 4.16: 2018-02-01 10:57:45 -08:00
doc-guide scripts: kernel-doc: parse next structs/unions 2017-12-21 13:41:46 -07:00
driver-api Char/Misc driver patches for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:31:17 -08:00
driver-model serdev: Introduce devm_serdev_device_open() 2018-01-08 10:08:34 +00:00
early-userspace
EDID
extcon
fault-injection Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
fb documentation: fb: update list of available compiled-in fonts 2017-11-08 03:39:52 -07:00
features Xtensa improvements for v4.16: 2018-01-29 16:40:28 -08:00
filesystems Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
firmware_class
fmc
fpga fpga: mgr: separate getting/locking FPGA manager 2017-11-28 16:30:37 +01:00
frv
gpio Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2018-02-01 10:49:58 -08:00
gpu docs: fix, intel_guc_loader.c has been moved to intel_guc_fw.c 2018-01-02 17:21:51 +02:00
hid Documentation: fix input related doc refs 2017-10-12 11:14:06 -06:00
hwmon hwmon: (pmbus/max31785) Add dual tachometer support 2018-01-02 15:05:34 -08:00
i2c i2c: update i2c-dev.h warning in documentation 2017-12-21 13:39:30 -07:00
ia64 kbuild: /bin/pwd -> pwd 2017-11-18 11:32:27 +09:00
ide
iio
infiniband
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2018-02-01 10:49:58 -08:00
ioctl
isdn
kbuild Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
kdump
kernel-hacking Documentation: Fix misconversion of #if 2018-01-17 16:45:01 -07:00
laptops Documentation: fix admin-guide doc refs 2017-10-12 11:13:28 -06:00
leds Documentation: leds: Update 00-INDEX file 2017-10-23 20:17:03 +02:00
lightnvm
livepatch livepatch: Remove immediate feature 2018-01-11 10:58:03 +01:00
locking Merge branch 'for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu 2018-01-03 14:14:18 +01:00
m68k
maintainer docs: Add an intro note to the maintainers handbook 2017-12-11 14:46:10 -07:00
md raid5-ppl: PPL support for disks with write-back cache enabled 2018-01-15 14:29:42 -08:00
media media: docs: add documentation for frontend attach info 2017-11-30 04:19:04 -05:00
memory-devices
metag
mic
mips
misc-devices
mmc
mn10300
mtd mtd: spi-nor: add an API to restore the status of SPI flash chip 2017-12-13 00:36:00 +01:00
namespaces
netlabel
networking Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-01-28 21:22:46 -05:00
nfc
nios2
nvdimm
nvmem
openrisc Documentation: openrisc: Updates to README 2017-10-30 21:37:53 +09:00
parisc
PCI
pcmcia
perf perf: ARM DynamIQ Shared Unit PMU support 2018-01-02 16:43:12 +00:00
phy
platform
power regulator: Changes for v4.16 2018-01-29 11:32:44 -08:00
powerpc
pps
process Kconfig updates for v4.16 2018-02-01 11:45:49 -08:00
pti
ptp
rapidio
RCU Merge branches 'cond_resched.2017.12.04a', 'dyntick.2017.11.28a', 'fixes.2017.12.11a', 'srbd.2017.12.05a' and 'torture.2017.12.11a' into HEAD 2017-12-11 09:21:58 -08:00
s390
scheduler sched/deadline: Fix the description of runtime accounting in the documentation 2017-11-16 09:00:35 +01:00
scsi scsi: documentation: Fix case of 'scsi_device' struct mention(s) 2017-12-02 08:43:43 -07:00
security Documentation: security/credentials.rst: explain need to sort group_list 2018-01-08 14:20:31 -07:00
serial
sh
sound sound updates for 4.15-rc1 2017-11-14 18:01:46 -08:00
sparc sparc64: Oracle DAX driver 2018-01-22 08:17:16 -08:00
sphinx linux-next: docs-rst: Fix typos in kfigure.py 2018-01-17 16:49:05 -07:00
sphinx-static
spi
sysctl Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
target
thermal cpu_cooling: Remove static-power related documentation 2018-01-03 13:11:48 +01:00
timers docs: highres: fix broken urls 2017-09-26 14:58:23 -06:00
trace docs: ftrace-uses.rst fix varios code-block directives 2017-12-21 13:39:31 -07:00
translations Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
usb Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
userspace-api
virtual KVM: PPC: Book3S: Provide information about hardware/firmware CVE workarounds 2018-01-19 15:17:01 +11:00
vm Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
w1 Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
watchdog Documentation: fix selftests related file refs 2017-10-19 12:58:21 -06:00
wimax
x86 Driver Core updates for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:00:28 -08:00
xtensa xtensa: add support for KASAN 2017-12-16 22:37:12 -08:00
.gitignore
00-INDEX docs: get rid of kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt 2017-12-21 13:41:46 -07:00
atomic_bitops.txt
atomic_t.txt
bcache.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
cachetlb.txt
cgroup-v2.txt cgroup, docs: document the root cgroup behavior of cpu and io controllers 2018-01-16 08:07:09 -08:00
Changes
circular-buffers.txt doc: De-emphasize smp_read_barrier_depends 2017-12-05 11:57:53 -08:00
clearing-warn-once.txt kernel debug: support resetting WARN*_ONCE 2017-11-17 16:10:00 -08:00
clk.txt
CodingStyle
conf.py docs: Remove "could not extract kernel version" warning 2017-12-11 15:20:04 -07:00
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
crc32.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt
digsig.txt
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
DMA-API.txt
DMA-attributes.txt
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
docutils.conf
dontdiff
efi-stub.txt
eisa.txt
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcc-plugins.txt
highuid.txt
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt
index.rst Documentation: Add license-rules.rst to describe how to properly identify file licenses 2018-01-06 10:58:02 -07:00
Intel-IOMMU.txt
intel_txt.txt
io-mapping.txt
io_ordering.txt
iostats.txt
IPMI.txt ipmi: Make IPMI panic strings always available 2017-09-27 16:03:45 -05:00
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ-domain.txt irqdomain: Kill CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG 2018-01-24 12:32:58 +01:00
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isa.txt
isapnp.txt
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
kobject.txt
kprobes.txt kprobes/docs: Remove jprobes related documents 2017-10-20 11:02:55 +02:00
kref.txt
ldm.txt
lockup-watchdogs.txt
logo.gif
logo.txt
lsm.txt
lzo.txt
mailbox.txt
Makefile Documentation: add script and build target to check for broken file references 2017-10-12 11:07:42 -06:00
memory-barriers.txt doc: De-emphasize smp_read_barrier_depends 2017-12-05 11:57:53 -08:00
memory-hotplug.txt
men-chameleon-bus.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
ntb.txt
numastat.txt
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
phy.txt
pi-futex.txt Documentation: fix locking rt-mutex doc refs 2017-10-19 12:56:44 -06:00
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
pwm.txt
rbtree.txt
remoteproc.txt
rfkill.txt
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rpmsg.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
siphash.txt
SM501.txt
smsc_ece1099.txt
static-keys.txt
SubmittingPatches
svga.txt documentation/svga.txt: update outdated file 2017-11-20 10:45:50 -07:00
switchtec.txt NTB: switchtec_ntb: Update switchtec documentation with notes for NTB 2017-11-18 20:37:13 -05:00
sync_file.txt
tee.txt
this_cpu_ops.txt
unaligned-memory-access.txt
vfio-mediated-device.txt
vfio.txt
video-output.txt
xillybus.txt
xz.txt
zorro.txt