Re: [PREEMPT_RT][PATCH] printk: Enhance the condition check of msleep in pr_flush()

From: John Ogness
Date: Fri Jul 30 2021 - 10:46:53 EST


On 2021-07-30, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2021-07-19 17:01:51 [+0206], John Ogness wrote:
>> On 2021-07-19, chao.qin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> > --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
>> > +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
>> > @@ -3620,7 +3620,8 @@ bool pr_flush(int timeout_ms, bool reset_on_progress)
>> > u64 diff;
>> > u64 seq;
>> >
>> > - may_sleep = (preemptible() && !in_softirq());
>> > + may_sleep = (preemptible() && !in_softirq()
>> > + && (system_state >= SYSTEM_RUNNING));
>
> I don't have more context but scheduling should work starting with
> SYSTEM_SCHEDULING.

I also thought this, but a quick test shows that is not the case. For
example, init/main.c:kernel_init() is called in preemptible context, but
msleep() will hang if called at the beginning of that function.

John Ogness