The kernel offers with TIOCL_GETKMSGREDIRECT ioctl() the possibility to
redirect the kernel messages to a specific console.
However, since it's not possible to switch to the kernel message console
after a panic(), it would be nice if the kernel would print the panic
message on the current console.
This patch series adds a new interface to access the global kmsg_redirect
variable by a function to be able to use it in code where
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE is not set (kernel/panic.c).
This patch:
Instead of using and exporting a global value kmsg_redirect, introduce a
function vt_kmsg_redirect() that both can set and return the console where
messages are printed.
Change all users of kmsg_redirect (the VT code itself and kernel/power.c)
to the new interface.
The main advantage is that vt_kmsg_redirect() can also be used when
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE is not set.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Use DECLARE_BITMAP(), find_first_zero_bit(), set_bit() and clear_bit()
instead of rewriting code to do it with the minor number dynamic
allocation bitmap.
We need to invert the bit position to keep the code behaviour of using the
last minor numbers first, since we don't have a find_last_zero_bit.
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@holoscopio.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
If there's a failure creating the device (because there's already one with
the same name, for example), the current implementation does not clear the
bit for the allocated minor and that number is lost for future
allocations.
Second, the test currently in misc_deregister is broken, since it does not
test for the 0 minor.
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@holoscopio.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Commit 8c8709334c has removed the
pmu_device_init call from misc_init, but unlike other similar commits,
has not removed its declaration.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86, mce: Clean up thermal init by introducing intel_thermal_supported()
x86, mce: Thermal monitoring depends on APIC being enabled
x86: Gart: fix breakage due to IOMMU initialization cleanup
x86: Move swiotlb initialization before dma32_free_bootmem
x86: Fix build warning in arch/x86/mm/mmio-mod.c
x86: Remove usedac in feature-removal-schedule.txt
x86: Fix duplicated UV BAU interrupt vector
nvram: Fix write beyond end condition; prove to gcc copy is safe
mm: Adjust do_pages_stat() so gcc can see copy_from_user() is safe
x86: Limit the number of processor bootup messages
x86: Remove enabling x2apic message for every CPU
doc: Add documentation for bootloader_{type,version}
x86, msr: Add support for non-contiguous cpumasks
x86: Use find_e820() instead of hard coded trampoline address
x86, AMD: Fix stale cpuid4_info shared_map data in shared_cpu_map cpumasks
Trivial percpu-naming-introduced conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
The fasync path takes the BKL (it probably doesn't need to in fact)
while holding the file_list spinlock. You can't do that with the kernel
lock: it causes lock inversions and deadlocks.
Leave the BKL over that bit for the moment.
Identified by AKPM.
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Acked-and-Tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (151 commits)
powerpc: Fix usage of 64-bit instruction in 32-bit altivec code
MAINTAINERS: Add PowerPC patterns
powerpc/pseries: Track previous CPPR values to correctly EOI interrupts
powerpc/pseries: Correct pseries/dlpar.c build break without CONFIG_SMP
powerpc: Make "intspec" pointers in irq_host->xlate() const
powerpc/8xx: DTLB Miss cleanup
powerpc/8xx: Remove DIRTY pte handling in DTLB Error.
powerpc/8xx: Start using dcbX instructions in various copy routines
powerpc/8xx: Restore _PAGE_WRITETHRU
powerpc/8xx: Add missing Guarded setting in DTLB Error.
powerpc/8xx: Fixup DAR from buggy dcbX instructions.
powerpc/8xx: Tag DAR with 0x00f0 to catch buggy instructions.
powerpc/8xx: Update TLB asm so it behaves as linux mm expects.
powerpc/8xx: Invalidate non present TLBs
powerpc/pseries: Serialize cpu hotplug operations during deactivate Vs deallocate
pseries/pseries: Add code to online/offline CPUs of a DLPAR node
powerpc: stop_this_cpu: remove the cpu from the online map.
powerpc/pseries: Add kernel based CPU DLPAR handling
sysfs/cpu: Add probe/release files
powerpc/pseries: Kernel DLPAR Infrastructure
...
In nvram_write, first of all, correctly handle the case where the file
pointer is already beyond the end; we should return EOF in that case.
Second, make the logic a bit more explicit so that gcc can statically
prove that the copy_from_user() is safe. Once the condition of the
beyond-end filepointer is eliminated, the copy is safe but gcc can't
prove it, causing build failures for i386 allyesconfig.
Third, eliminate the entirely superfluous variable "len", and just use
the passed-in variable "count" instead.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <tip-*@git.kernel.org>
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6: (58 commits)
tty: split the lock up a bit further
tty: Move the leader test in disassociate
tty: Push the bkl down a bit in the hangup code
tty: Push the lock down further into the ldisc code
tty: push the BKL down into the handlers a bit
tty: moxa: split open lock
tty: moxa: Kill the use of lock_kernel
tty: moxa: Fix modem op locking
tty: moxa: Kill off the throttle method
tty: moxa: Locking clean up
tty: moxa: rework the locking a bit
tty: moxa: Use more tty_port ops
tty: isicom: fix deadlock on shutdown
tty: mxser: Use the new locking rules to fix setserial properly
tty: mxser: use the tty_port_open method
tty: isicom: sort out the board init logic
tty: isicom: switch to the new tty_port_open helper
tty: tty_port: Add a kref object to the tty port
tty: istallion: tty port open/close methods
tty: stallion: Convert to the tty_port_open/close methods
...
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6: (21 commits)
ext3: PTR_ERR return of wrong pointer in setup_new_group_blocks()
ext3: Fix data / filesystem corruption when write fails to copy data
ext4: Support for 64-bit quota format
ext3: Support for vfsv1 quota format
quota: Implement quota format with 64-bit space and inode limits
quota: Move definition of QFMT_OCFS2 to linux/quota.h
ext2: fix comment in ext2_find_entry about return values
ext3: Unify log messages in ext3
ext2: clear uptodate flag on super block I/O error
ext2: Unify log messages in ext2
ext3: make "norecovery" an alias for "noload"
ext3: Don't update the superblock in ext3_statfs()
ext3: journal all modifications in ext3_xattr_set_handle
ext2: Explicitly assign values to on-disk enum of filetypes
quota: Fix WARN_ON in lookup_one_len
const: struct quota_format_ops
ubifs: remove manual O_SYNC handling
afs: remove manual O_SYNC handling
kill wait_on_page_writeback_range
vfs: Implement proper O_SYNC semantics
...
The tty count sanity check may need the BKL, that isn't clear. However it
is clear that the count use of the lock is internal and independant of the
bigger use of the lock.
Furthermore the file list locking is also separately locked already
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
There are two call points, both want to check that tty->signal->leader is
set. Move the test into disassociate_ctty() as that will make locking
changes easier in a bit
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
We know that the redirect field is handled via its own locking in all
places
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Start trying to untangle the remaining BKL mess
Updated to fix missing unlock_kernel noted by Dan Carpenter
Signed-off-by: Alan "I must be out of my tree" Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
moxa_openlock is used for several situations where we want to handle the
case of an ioctl that crosses many ports (not just the open tty), and also
cases where an open races a deinit (eg a pci unplug) and we hangup a port
before we can cope with that.
The non open race cases can use the moxa_lock spinlock. This simplifies sorting
out the remaining mess.
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
