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Merge tag 'printk-for-5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux

Pull printk updates from Petr Mladek:
 "The big new thing is the fully lockless ringbuffer implementation,
  including the support for continuous lines. It will allow to store and
  read messages in any situation wihtout the risk of deadlocks and
  without the need of temporary per-CPU buffers.

  The access is still serialized by logbuf_lock. It synchronizes few
  more operations, for example, temporary buffer for formatting the
  message, syslog and kmsg_dump operations. The lock removal is being
  discussed and should be ready for the next release.

  The continuous lines are handled exactly the same way as before to
  avoid regressions in user space. It means that they are appended to
  the last message when the caller is the same. Only the last message
  can be extended.

  The data ring includes plain text of the messages. Except for an
  integer at the beginning of each message that points back to the
  descriptor ring with other metadata.

  The dictionary has to stay. journalctl uses it to filter the log. It
  allows to show messages related to a given device. The dictionary
  values are stored in the descriptor ring with the other metadata.

  This is the first part of the printk rework as discussed at Plumbers
  2019, see https://lore.kernel.org/r/87k1acz5rx.fsf@linutronix.de. The
  next big step will be handling consoles by kthreads during the normal
  system operation. It will require special handling of situations when
  the kthreads could not get scheduled, for example, early boot,
  suspend, panic.

  Other changes:

   - Add John Ogness as a reviewer for printk subsystem. He is author of
     the rework and is familiar with the code and history.

   - Fix locking in serial8250_do_startup() to prevent lockdep report.

   - Few code cleanups"

* tag 'printk-for-5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux: (27 commits)
  printk: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword
  printk: reduce setup_text_buf size to LOG_LINE_MAX
  printk: avoid and/or handle record truncation
  printk: remove dict ring
  printk: move dictionary keys to dev_printk_info
  printk: move printk_info into separate array
  printk: reimplement log_cont using record extension
  printk: ringbuffer: add finalization/extension support
  printk: ringbuffer: change representation of states
  printk: ringbuffer: clear initial reserved fields
  printk: ringbuffer: add BLK_DATALESS() macro
  printk: ringbuffer: relocate get_data()
  printk: ringbuffer: avoid memcpy() on state_var
  printk: ringbuffer: fix setting state in desc_read()
  kernel.h: Move oops_in_progress to printk.h
  scripts/gdb: update for lockless printk ringbuffer
  scripts/gdb: add utils.read_ulong()
  docs: vmcoreinfo: add lockless printk ringbuffer vmcoreinfo
  printk: reduce LOG_BUF_SHIFT range for H8300
  printk: ringbuffer: support dataless records
  ...
2020-10-13 15:58:10 -07:00
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MAINTAINERS printk changes for 5.10 2020-10-13 15:58:10 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.