kdb: Make kdb_printf() console handling more robust
While rounding up CPUs via NMIs, its possible that a rounded up CPU
maybe holding a console port lock leading to kgdb master CPU stuck in
a deadlock during invocation of console write operations. A similar
deadlock could also be possible while using synchronous breakpoints.
So in order to avoid such a deadlock, set oops_in_progress to encourage
the console drivers to disregard their internal spin locks: in the
current calling context the risk of deadlock is a bigger problem than
risks due to re-entering the console driver. We operate directly on
oops_in_progress rather than using bust_spinlocks() because the calls
bust_spinlocks() makes on exit are not appropriate for this calling
context.
Suggested-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1591264879-25920-4-git-send-email-sumit.garg@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
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