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kdb: Avoid printing KERN_ levels to consoles

Currently when kdb traps printk messages then the raw log level prefix (consisting of '\001' followed by a numeral) does not get stripped off before the message is issued to the various I/O handlers supported by kdb. This causes annoying visual noise as well as causing problems grepping for ^. It is also a change of behaviour compared to normal usage of printk() usage. For example <SysRq>-h ends up with different output to that of kdb's "sr h". This patch addresses the problem by stripping log levels from messages before they are issued to the I/O handlers. printk() which can also act as an i/o handler in some cases is special cased; if the caller provided a log level then the prefix will be preserved when sent to printk(). The addition of non-printable characters to the output of kdb commands is a regression, albeit and extremely elderly one, introduced by commit 04d2c8c83d0e ("printk: convert the format for KERN_<LEVEL> to a 2 byte pattern"). Note also that this patch does *not* restore the original behaviour from v3.5. Instead it makes printk() from within a kdb command display the message without any prefix (i.e. like printk() normally does).

Daniel Thompson committed 12 years ago

Commit f7d4ca81 parent df0036d3 files · +21 −11Browse files

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3 files
  1. include/linux/kdb.h +7 −1
  2. kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c +13 −9
  3. kernel/printk/printk.c +1 −1
include/linux/kdb.h+7−1
@@ -156,8 +156,14 @@ typedef enum { · 155 unmodified lines
156 KDB_REASON_SYSTEM_NMI, /* In NMI due to SYSTEM cmd; regs valid */156 KDB_REASON_SYSTEM_NMI, /* In NMI due to SYSTEM cmd; regs valid */
157} kdb_reason_t;157} kdb_reason_t;
158 158
159enum kdb_msgsrc {
160 KDB_MSGSRC_INTERNAL, /* direct call to kdb_printf() */
161 KDB_MSGSRC_PRINTK, /* trapped from printk() */
162};
163
159extern int kdb_trap_printk;164extern int kdb_trap_printk;
160extern __printf(1, 0) int vkdb_printf(const char *fmt, va_list args);165extern __printf(2, 0) int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt,
166 va_list args);
161extern __printf(1, 2) int kdb_printf(const char *, ...);167extern __printf(1, 2) int kdb_printf(const char *, ...);
162typedef __printf(1, 2) int (*kdb_printf_t)(const char *, ...);168typedef __printf(1, 2) int (*kdb_printf_t)(const char *, ...);
163 169
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c+13−9
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static int kdb_search_string(char *searched, char *searchfor) · 547 unmodified lines
548 return 0;548 return 0;
549}549}
550 550
551int vkdb_printf(const char *fmt, va_list ap)551int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
552{552{
553 int diag;553 int diag;
554 int linecount;554 int linecount;
@@ -691,19 +691,20 @@ kdb_printit: · 136 unmodified lines
691 * Write to all consoles.691 * Write to all consoles.
692 */692 */
693 retlen = strlen(kdb_buffer);693 retlen = strlen(kdb_buffer);
694 cp = (char *) printk_skip_level(kdb_buffer);
694 if (!dbg_kdb_mode && kgdb_connected) {695 if (!dbg_kdb_mode && kgdb_connected) {
695 gdbstub_msg_write(kdb_buffer, retlen);696 gdbstub_msg_write(cp, retlen - (cp - kdb_buffer));
696 } else {697 } else {
697 if (dbg_io_ops && !dbg_io_ops->is_console) {698 if (dbg_io_ops && !dbg_io_ops->is_console) {
698 len = retlen;699 len = retlen - (cp - kdb_buffer);
699 cp = kdb_buffer;700 cp2 = cp;
700 while (len--) {701 while (len--) {
701 dbg_io_ops->write_char(*cp);702 dbg_io_ops->write_char(*cp2);
702 cp++;703 cp2++;
703 }704 }
704 }705 }
705 while (c) {706 while (c) {
706 c->write(c, kdb_buffer, retlen);707 c->write(c, cp, retlen - (cp - kdb_buffer));
707 touch_nmi_watchdog();708 touch_nmi_watchdog();
708 c = c->next;709 c = c->next;
709 }710 }
@@ -711,7 +712,10 @@ kdb_printit: · 1 unmodified line
711 if (logging) {712 if (logging) {
712 saved_loglevel = console_loglevel;713 saved_loglevel = console_loglevel;
713 console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_SILENT;714 console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_SILENT;
714 printk(KERN_INFO "%s", kdb_buffer);715 if (printk_get_level(kdb_buffer) || src == KDB_MSGSRC_PRINTK)
716 printk("%s", kdb_buffer);
717 else
718 pr_info("%s", kdb_buffer);
715 }719 }
716 720
717 if (KDB_STATE(PAGER)) {721 if (KDB_STATE(PAGER)) {
@@ -844,7 +848,7 @@ int kdb_printf(const char *fmt, ...) · 126 unmodified lines
844 int r;848 int r;
845 849
846 va_start(ap, fmt);850 va_start(ap, fmt);
847 r = vkdb_printf(fmt, ap);851 r = vkdb_printf(KDB_MSGSRC_INTERNAL, fmt, ap);
848 va_end(ap);852 va_end(ap);
849 853
850 return r;854 return r;
kernel/printk/printk.c+1−1
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ int vprintk_default(const char *fmt, va_list args) · 1810 unmodified lines
1811 1811
1812#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_KDB1812#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_KDB
1813 if (unlikely(kdb_trap_printk)) {1813 if (unlikely(kdb_trap_printk)) {
1814 r = vkdb_printf(fmt, args);1814 r = vkdb_printf(KDB_MSGSRC_PRINTK, fmt, args);
1815 return r;1815 return r;
1816 }1816 }
1817#endif1817#endif