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[PATCH] kexec: fix the unexpected kexec_dprintk() macro

Baoquan He posted 1 patch 1 year, 11 months ago
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include/linux/kexec.h | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
[PATCH] kexec: fix the unexpected kexec_dprintk() macro
Posted by Baoquan He 1 year, 11 months ago 
Jiri reported that the current kexec_dprintk() always prints out
debugging message whenever kexec/kdmmp loading is triggered. That is
not wanted. The debugging message is supposed to be printed out when
'kexec -s -d' is specified for kexec/kdump loading.

After investigating, the reason is the current kexec_dprintk() takes
printk(KERN_INFO) or printk(KERN_DEBUG) depending on whether '-d' is
specified. However, distros usually have defaulg log level like below:

 [~]# cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk
 7	 4	1	7

So, even though '-d' is not specified, printk(KERN_DEBUG) also always
prints out. I thought printk(KERN_DEBUG) is equal to pr_debug(), it's
not.

Fix it by changing to use pr_info() and pr_debug() instead which are
expected to work.

Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/4c775fca-5def-4a2d-8437-7130b02722a2@kernel.org
---
 include/linux/kexec.h | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 400cb6c02176..09688e681bf7 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -502,10 +502,13 @@ static inline unsigned int crash_get_elfcorehdr_size(void) { return 0; }
 
 extern bool kexec_file_dbg_print;
 
-#define kexec_dprintk(fmt, ...)					\
-	printk("%s" fmt,					\
-	       kexec_file_dbg_print ? KERN_INFO : KERN_DEBUG,	\
-	       ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define kexec_dprintk(fmt, args...)				\
+	do {							\
+		if (kexec_file_dbg_print)			\
+			pr_info(fmt, ##args);			\
+		else						\
+			pr_debug(fmt, ##args);			\
+	} while (0)
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
 struct pt_regs;
-- 
2.41.0
Re: [PATCH] kexec: fix the unexpected kexec_dprintk() macro
Posted by Jiri Slaby 1 year, 11 months ago 
On 14. 03. 24, 11:39, Baoquan He wrote:
> Jiri reported that the current kexec_dprintk() always prints out
> debugging message whenever kexec/kdmmp loading is triggered. That is
> not wanted. The debugging message is supposed to be printed out when
> 'kexec -s -d' is specified for kexec/kdump loading.
> 
> After investigating, the reason is the current kexec_dprintk() takes
> printk(KERN_INFO) or printk(KERN_DEBUG) depending on whether '-d' is
> specified. However, distros usually have defaulg log level like below:
> 
>   [~]# cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk
>   7	 4	1	7
> 
> So, even though '-d' is not specified, printk(KERN_DEBUG) also always
> prints out. I thought printk(KERN_DEBUG) is equal to pr_debug(), it's
> not.
> 
> Fix it by changing to use pr_info() and pr_debug() instead which are
> expected to work.

Hi,

sow, you'd need both -d, and dyndbg updates. Hence, again my question:
===
Actually what was wrong on the pr_debug()s? Can you simply turn them on 
from the kernel when -d is passed to kexec instead of all this?
===

And yet, it is still missing a prefix :).

> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
> Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/4c775fca-5def-4a2d-8437-7130b02722a2@kernel.org
> ---
>   include/linux/kexec.h | 11 +++++++----
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
> index 400cb6c02176..09688e681bf7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kexec.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
> @@ -502,10 +502,13 @@ static inline unsigned int crash_get_elfcorehdr_size(void) { return 0; }
>   
>   extern bool kexec_file_dbg_print;
>   
> -#define kexec_dprintk(fmt, ...)					\
> -	printk("%s" fmt,					\
> -	       kexec_file_dbg_print ? KERN_INFO : KERN_DEBUG,	\
> -	       ##__VA_ARGS__)
> +#define kexec_dprintk(fmt, args...)				\
> +	do {							\
> +		if (kexec_file_dbg_print)			\
> +			pr_info(fmt, ##args);			\
> +		else						\
> +			pr_debug(fmt, ##args);			\
> +	} while (0)
>   
>   #else /* !CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
>   struct pt_regs;

-- 
js
suse labs
Re: [PATCH] kexec: fix the unexpected kexec_dprintk() macro
Posted by Baoquan He 1 year, 11 months ago 
On 03/14/24 at 12:54pm, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 14. 03. 24, 11:39, Baoquan He wrote:
> > Jiri reported that the current kexec_dprintk() always prints out
> > debugging message whenever kexec/kdmmp loading is triggered. That is
> > not wanted. The debugging message is supposed to be printed out when
> > 'kexec -s -d' is specified for kexec/kdump loading.
> > 
> > After investigating, the reason is the current kexec_dprintk() takes
> > printk(KERN_INFO) or printk(KERN_DEBUG) depending on whether '-d' is
> > specified. However, distros usually have defaulg log level like below:
> > 
> >   [~]# cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk
> >   7	 4	1	7
> > 
> > So, even though '-d' is not specified, printk(KERN_DEBUG) also always
> > prints out. I thought printk(KERN_DEBUG) is equal to pr_debug(), it's
> > not.
> > 
> > Fix it by changing to use pr_info() and pr_debug() instead which are
> > expected to work.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> sow, you'd need both -d, and dyndbg updates. Hence, again my question:
> ===
> Actually what was wrong on the pr_debug()s? Can you simply turn them on from
> the kernel when -d is passed to kexec instead of all this?

I checked code, it's because some codes are shared by both kexec_load and
kexec_file_load, e.g below function on arm64:

arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c:machine_kexec_post_load()

"kexec -c -l -d" is for kexec_load debugging message printing, it's all
done in user space kexec-tools utility. The pr_debug() have been there
for arm64 developer's debugging if they want to. I don't want to change
that.

If 'kexec -s -l -d', pr_info() is called to print out. If 'kexec -s -l'
w/o '-d', or 'kexec -c -l', it's still pr_debug just as before.

> ===
> 
> And yet, it is still missing a prefix :).

It looks like this now, seems no need to add prefix.
 
[  102.609784] kexec_file: kernel: 0000000081fc03e0 kernel_size: 0xccb200
[  102.617084] PEFILE: Unsigned PE binary
[  102.753174] ima: kexec measurement buffer for the loaded kernel at 0x71435000.
[  102.761335] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded purgatory at 0x71430000
[  102.767571] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded boot_param, command line and misc at 0x7142c000 bufsz=0x1320 memsz=0x2000
[  102.778650] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded 64bit kernel at 0x6d000000 bufsz=0xcc6200 memsz=0x3c4c000
[  102.788251] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded initrd at 0x6ac0f000 bufsz=0x23f0175 memsz=0x23f0175
[  102.797283] kexec-bzImage64: Final command line is: root=/dev/mapper/fedora_lenovo--electron--sr850--01-root ro rd.lvm.lv=fedora_lenovo-electron-sr850-01/root console=ttyS0,115200n81
[  102.815435] kexec-bzImage64: E820 memmap:
[  102.819912] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000000000000-000000000003dfff (1)
[  102.826817] kexec-bzImage64: 000000000003e000-000000000003ffff (2)
[  103.021435] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000ff000000-00000000ffffffff (2)
......snip
[  103.028336] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000100000000-000000403fffffff (1)
[  103.269194] kexec_file: nr_segments = 5
[  103.273484] kexec_file: segment[0]: buf=0x00000000898981dd bufsz=0x59e mem=0x71435000 memsz=0x1000
[  103.283616] kexec_file: segment[1]: buf=0x000000003d8dd363 bufsz=0x4000 mem=0x71430000 memsz=0x5000
[  103.293748] kexec_file: segment[2]: buf=0x00000000ba27c5ef bufsz=0x1320 mem=0x7142c000 memsz=0x2000
[  103.303865] kexec_file: segment[3]: buf=0x0000000026acdcf4 bufsz=0xcc6200 mem=0x6d000000 memsz=0x3c4c000
[  103.333455] kexec_file: segment[4]: buf=0x000000001a7dac7f bufsz=0x23f0175 mem=0x6ac0f000 memsz=0x23f1000
[  103.356698] kexec_file: kexec_file_load: type:0, start:0x714301a0 head:0x1222da002 flags:0x8

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