Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 02/20] lockdep: Make RCU suspicious-access splats use pr_err

[Josh Triplett]

On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 01:13:03AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> This commit switches RCU suspicious-access splats use pr_err()
> instead of the current INFO printk()s.  This change makes it easier
> to automatically classify splats.
> 
> Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

One comment below.

>  kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> index 7c38f8f3d97b..844cd04bb453 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> @@ -4412,13 +4412,13 @@ void lockdep_rcu_suspicious(const char *file, const int line, const char *s)
>  #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY */
>  	/* Note: the following can be executed concurrently, so be careful. */
>  	printk("\n");
> -	printk("===============================\n");
> -	printk("[ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]\n");
> +	pr_err("===============================\n");
> +	pr_err("suspicious RCU usage. ]\n");

This message change seems unrelated, and potentially unintentional.

>  	print_kernel_ident();
> -	printk("-------------------------------\n");
> -	printk("%s:%d %s!\n", file, line, s);
> -	printk("\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\n");
> -	printk("\n%srcu_scheduler_active = %d, debug_locks = %d\n",
> +	pr_err("-------------------------------\n");
> +	pr_err("%s:%d %s!\n", file, line, s);
> +	pr_err("\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\n");
> +	pr_err("\n%srcu_scheduler_active = %d, debug_locks = %d\n",
>  	       !rcu_lockdep_current_cpu_online()
>  			? "RCU used illegally from offline CPU!\n"
>  			: !rcu_is_watching()
> -- 
> 2.5.2
>