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-rw-r--r--kernel/printk.c20
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 751e7b84e9e3..37dff3429adb 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ void console_unlock(void)
{
unsigned long flags;
unsigned _con_start, _log_end;
- unsigned wake_klogd = 0;
+ unsigned wake_klogd = 0, retry = 0;
if (console_suspended) {
up(&console_sem);
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ void console_unlock(void)
console_may_schedule = 0;
+again:
for ( ; ; ) {
spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
wake_klogd |= log_start - log_end;
@@ -1273,8 +1274,23 @@ void console_unlock(void)
if (unlikely(exclusive_console))
exclusive_console = NULL;
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock);
+
up(&console_sem);
+
+ /*
+ * Someone could have filled up the buffer again, so re-check if there's
+ * something to flush. In case we cannot trylock the console_sem again,
+ * there's a new owner and the console_unlock() from them will do the
+ * flush, no worries.
+ */
+ spin_lock(&logbuf_lock);
+ if (con_start != log_end)
+ retry = 1;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+ if (retry && console_trylock())
+ goto again;
+
if (wake_klogd)
wake_up_klogd();
}