Revert "printk: Wait for the global console lock when the system is going down"

This reverts commit b87f02307d3cfbda768520f0687c51ca77e14fc3.

The testing of 5.19 release candidates revealed missing synchronization
between early and regular console functionality.

It would be possible to start the console kthreads later as a workaround.
But it is clear that console lock serialized console drivers between
each other. It opens a big area of possible problems that were not
considered by people involved in the development and review.

printk() is crucial for debugging kernel issues and console output is
very important part of it. The number of consoles is huge and a proper
review would take some time. As a result it need to be reverted for 5.19.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YrBdjVwBOVgLfHyb@alley
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220623145157.21938-2-pmladek@suse.com

3 files changed, 0 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk/internal.h b/kernel/printk/internal.h
index e7d8578860adf..d947ca6c84f99 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/printk/internal.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ enum printk_info_flags {
 	LOG_CONT	= 8,	/* text is a fragment of a continuation line */
 };
 
-extern bool block_console_kthreads;
-
 __printf(4, 0)
 int vprintk_store(int facility, int level,
 		  const struct dev_printk_info *dev_info,
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index b095fb5f5f61b..45c6c2b0b1044 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ static atomic_t console_kthreads_active = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 #define console_kthread_printing_exit() \
 	atomic_dec(&console_kthreads_active)
 
-/* Block console kthreads to avoid processing new messages. */
-bool block_console_kthreads;
-
 /*
  * Helper macros to handle lockdep when locking/unlocking console_sem. We use
  * macros instead of functions so that _RET_IP_ contains useful information.
@@ -3733,7 +3730,6 @@ static bool printer_should_wake(struct console *con, u64 seq)
 
 	if (con->blocked ||
 	    console_kthreads_atomically_blocked() ||
-	    block_console_kthreads ||
 	    system_state > SYSTEM_RUNNING ||
 	    oops_in_progress) {
 		return false;
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c b/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c
index caac4de1ea59a..ef0f9a2044da1 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
-#include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
-#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -52,33 +50,3 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	return vprintk_default(fmt, args);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vprintk);
-
-/**
- * try_block_console_kthreads() - Try to block console kthreads and
- *	make the global console_lock() avaialble
- *
- * @timeout_ms:        The maximum time (in ms) to wait.
- *
- * Prevent console kthreads from starting processing new messages. Wait
- * until the global console_lock() become available.
- *
- * Context: Can be called in any context.
- */
-void try_block_console_kthreads(int timeout_ms)
-{
-	block_console_kthreads = true;
-
-	/* Do not wait when the console lock could not be safely taken. */
-	if (this_cpu_read(printk_context) || in_nmi())
-		return;
-
-	while (timeout_ms > 0) {
-		if (console_trylock()) {
-			console_unlock();
-			return;
-		}
-
-		udelay(1000);
-		timeout_ms -= 1;
-	}
-}