Start kthreads for handing over printing only when printk.offload_chars
is set to value > 0 (i.e., when print offloading gets enabled).

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz>
---
 kernel/printk/printk.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 0910e1894224..d75e7e8c915a 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ static long printk_handover_state;
  * CPUs.
  */
 #define PRINTING_TASKS 2
+/* Pointers to printing kthreads */
+static struct task_struct *printing_kthread[PRINTING_TASKS];
+/* Serialization of changes to printk_offload_chars and kthread creation */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(printk_kthread_mutex);
 
 /* Wait queue printing kthreads sleep on when idle */
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(print_queue); 
@@ -280,6 +284,12 @@ static char __log_buf[__LOG_BUF_LEN] __aligned(LOG_ALIGN);
 static char *log_buf = __log_buf;
 static u32 log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN;
 
+static int offload_chars_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
+static struct kernel_param_ops offload_chars_ops = {
+       .set = offload_chars_set,
+       .get = param_get_uint,
+};
+
 /*
  * How many characters can we print in one call of printk before asking
  * other cpus to continue printing. 0 means infinity. Tunable via
@@ -288,7 +298,7 @@ static u32 log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN;
  */
 static unsigned int __read_mostly printk_offload_chars = 1000;
 
-module_param_named(offload_chars, printk_offload_chars, uint,
+module_param_cb(offload_chars, &offload_chars_ops, &printk_offload_chars,
                   S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(offload_chars, "offload printing to console to a different"
        " cpu after this number of characters");
@@ -2571,30 +2581,56 @@ static int printing_task(void *arg)
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init printk_late_init(void)
+static void printk_start_offload_kthreads(void)
 {
-       struct console *con;
        int i;
        struct task_struct *task;
 
-       for_each_console(con) {
-               if (!keep_bootcon && con->flags & CON_BOOT) {
-                       unregister_console(con);
-               }
-       }
-       hotcpu_notifier(console_cpu_notify, 0);
-
-       /* Does any handover of printing have any sence? */
-       if (num_possible_cpus() <= 1)
-               return 0;
-
+       /* Does handover of printing make any sense? */
+       if (printk_offload_chars == 0 || num_possible_cpus() <= 1)
+               return;
        for (i = 0; i < PRINTING_TASKS; i++) {
+               if (printing_kthread[i])
+                       continue;
                task = kthread_run(printing_task, NULL, "print/%d", i);
                if (IS_ERR(task)) {
                        pr_err("printk: Cannot create printing thread: %ld\n",
                               PTR_ERR(task));
                }
+               printing_kthread[i] = task;
        }
+}
+
+static int offload_chars_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       /* Protect against parallel change of printk_offload_chars */
+       mutex_lock(&printk_kthread_mutex);
+       ret = param_set_uint(val, kp);
+       if (ret) {
+               mutex_unlock(&printk_kthread_mutex);
+               return ret;
+       }
+       printk_start_offload_kthreads();
+       mutex_unlock(&printk_kthread_mutex);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init printk_late_init(void)
+{
+       struct console *con;
+
+       for_each_console(con) {
+               if (!keep_bootcon && con->flags & CON_BOOT) {
+                       unregister_console(con);
+               }
+       }
+       hotcpu_notifier(console_cpu_notify, 0);
+
+       mutex_lock(&printk_kthread_mutex);
+       printk_start_offload_kthreads();
+       mutex_unlock(&printk_kthread_mutex);
 
        return 0;
 }
-- 
1.8.1.4

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