2022-06-01 21:09:47

by Michael Walle

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Subject: [PATCH] earlycon: prevent multiple register_console()

If the earlycon parameter is given twice, the kernel will spit out a
WARN() in register_console() because it was already registered. The
non-dt variant setup_earlycon() already handles that gracefully. The dt
variant of_setup_earlycon() doesn't. Add the check there and propagate
it through early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout().

FWIW, this doesn't happen if CONFIG_ACPI_SPCR_TABLE is set. In that case
the registration is delayed until after earlycon parameter(s) are
parsed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <[email protected]>
---

I'm not sure if this should have a Fixes tag or not. If so I guess it
should be the very first commit which introduced the support (commit
fb11ffe74c79 ("of/fdt: add FDT serial scanning for earlycon")).

For the curious, here is the backtrace:

[ 0.000000] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 0.000000] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/printk/printk.c:3328 register_console+0x2b4/0x364
[ 0.000000] console 'atmel_serial0' already registered
[ 0.000000] Modules linked in:
[ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.18.0-next-20220601+ #652
[ 0.000000] Hardware name: Generic DT based system
[ 0.000000] Backtrace:
[ 0.000000] dump_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c
[ 0.000000] show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x54
[ 0.000000] dump_stack_lvl from dump_stack+0x18/0x1c
[ 0.000000] dump_stack from __warn+0xd0/0x148
[ 0.000000] __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x9c/0xc4
[ 0.000000] warn_slowpath_fmt from register_console+0x2b4/0x364
[ 0.000000] register_console from of_setup_earlycon+0x29c/0x2ac
[ 0.000000] of_setup_earlycon from early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout+0x154/0x18c
[ 0.000000] early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout from param_setup_earlycon+0x40/0x48
[ 0.000000] param_setup_earlycon from do_early_param+0x88/0xc4
[ 0.000000] do_early_param from parse_args+0x1a4/0x404
[ 0.000000] parse_args from parse_early_options+0x40/0x48
[ 0.000000] parse_early_options from parse_early_param+0x38/0x48
[ 0.000000] parse_early_param from setup_arch+0x114/0x7a4
[ 0.000000] setup_arch from start_kernel+0x74/0x6dc
[ 0.000000] start_kernel from 0x0
[ 0.000000] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

drivers/of/fdt.c | 6 ++++--
drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index a8f5b6532165..7f3524213b43 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout(void)
int l;
const struct earlycon_id *match;
const void *fdt = initial_boot_params;
+ int ret;

offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/chosen");
if (offset < 0)
@@ -1057,8 +1058,9 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout(void)
if (fdt_node_check_compatible(fdt, offset, match->compatible))
continue;

- if (of_setup_earlycon(match, offset, options) == 0)
- return 0;
+ ret = of_setup_earlycon(match, offset, options);
+ if (!ret || ret == -EALREADY)
+ return ret;
}
return -ENODEV;
}
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
index 57c70851f22a..59fedf7be572 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
@@ -230,7 +230,10 @@ static int __init param_setup_earlycon(char *buf)
earlycon_acpi_spcr_enable = true;
return 0;
} else if (!buf) {
- return early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout();
+ err = early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout();
+ if (err == -EALREADY)
+ return 0;
+ return err;
}
}

--
2.30.2



2022-06-01 21:26:25

by Rob Herring

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] earlycon: prevent multiple register_console()

On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 8:55 AM Michael Walle <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If the earlycon parameter is given twice, the kernel will spit out a
> WARN() in register_console() because it was already registered. The
> non-dt variant setup_earlycon() already handles that gracefully. The dt
> variant of_setup_earlycon() doesn't. Add the check there and propagate
> it through early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout().
>
> FWIW, this doesn't happen if CONFIG_ACPI_SPCR_TABLE is set. In that case
> the registration is delayed until after earlycon parameter(s) are
> parsed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> I'm not sure if this should have a Fixes tag or not. If so I guess it
> should be the very first commit which introduced the support (commit
> fb11ffe74c79 ("of/fdt: add FDT serial scanning for earlycon")).

Considering no one noticed or cared in 8 years and that earlycon is
supposed to be a debug option, I'd say no.

> For the curious, here is the backtrace:
>
> [ 0.000000] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 0.000000] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/printk/printk.c:3328 register_console+0x2b4/0x364
> [ 0.000000] console 'atmel_serial0' already registered
> [ 0.000000] Modules linked in:
> [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.18.0-next-20220601+ #652
> [ 0.000000] Hardware name: Generic DT based system
> [ 0.000000] Backtrace:
> [ 0.000000] dump_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c
> [ 0.000000] show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x54
> [ 0.000000] dump_stack_lvl from dump_stack+0x18/0x1c
> [ 0.000000] dump_stack from __warn+0xd0/0x148
> [ 0.000000] __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x9c/0xc4
> [ 0.000000] warn_slowpath_fmt from register_console+0x2b4/0x364
> [ 0.000000] register_console from of_setup_earlycon+0x29c/0x2ac
> [ 0.000000] of_setup_earlycon from early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout+0x154/0x18c
> [ 0.000000] early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout from param_setup_earlycon+0x40/0x48
> [ 0.000000] param_setup_earlycon from do_early_param+0x88/0xc4
> [ 0.000000] do_early_param from parse_args+0x1a4/0x404
> [ 0.000000] parse_args from parse_early_options+0x40/0x48
> [ 0.000000] parse_early_options from parse_early_param+0x38/0x48
> [ 0.000000] parse_early_param from setup_arch+0x114/0x7a4
> [ 0.000000] setup_arch from start_kernel+0x74/0x6dc
> [ 0.000000] start_kernel from 0x0
> [ 0.000000] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>
> drivers/of/fdt.c | 6 ++++--
> drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c | 5 ++++-
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> index a8f5b6532165..7f3524213b43 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> @@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout(void)
> int l;
> const struct earlycon_id *match;
> const void *fdt = initial_boot_params;
> + int ret;
>
> offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/chosen");
> if (offset < 0)
> @@ -1057,8 +1058,9 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout(void)
> if (fdt_node_check_compatible(fdt, offset, match->compatible))
> continue;
>
> - if (of_setup_earlycon(match, offset, options) == 0)
> - return 0;
> + ret = of_setup_earlycon(match, offset, options);
> + if (!ret || ret == -EALREADY)
> + return ret;

Wouldn't just doing a 'return 0' here be simpler? The only other
caller of this function doesn't check the error.

Rob

2022-06-03 00:55:34

by Michael Walle

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] earlycon: prevent multiple register_console()

Hi,

Am 2022-06-01 18:39, schrieb Rob Herring:
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 8:55 AM Michael Walle <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> If the earlycon parameter is given twice, the kernel will spit out a
>> WARN() in register_console() because it was already registered. The
>> non-dt variant setup_earlycon() already handles that gracefully. The
>> dt
>> variant of_setup_earlycon() doesn't. Add the check there and propagate
>> it through early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout().
>>
>> FWIW, this doesn't happen if CONFIG_ACPI_SPCR_TABLE is set. In that
>> case
>> the registration is delayed until after earlycon parameter(s) are
>> parsed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <[email protected]>
>> ---


Scrap this version. Somehow I missed to add the actual check in
of_setup_earlycon() to this patch.

>> I'm not sure if this should have a Fixes tag or not. If so I guess it
>> should be the very first commit which introduced the support (commit
>> fb11ffe74c79 ("of/fdt: add FDT serial scanning for earlycon")).
>
> Considering no one noticed or cared in 8 years and that earlycon is
> supposed to be a debug option, I'd say no.
>
>> For the curious, here is the backtrace:
>>
>> [ 0.000000] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 0.000000] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/printk/printk.c:3328
>> register_console+0x2b4/0x364
>> [ 0.000000] console 'atmel_serial0' already registered
>> [ 0.000000] Modules linked in:
>> [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted
>> 5.18.0-next-20220601+ #652
>> [ 0.000000] Hardware name: Generic DT based system
>> [ 0.000000] Backtrace:
>> [ 0.000000] dump_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c
>> [ 0.000000] show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x54
>> [ 0.000000] dump_stack_lvl from dump_stack+0x18/0x1c
>> [ 0.000000] dump_stack from __warn+0xd0/0x148
>> [ 0.000000] __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x9c/0xc4
>> [ 0.000000] warn_slowpath_fmt from register_console+0x2b4/0x364
>> [ 0.000000] register_console from of_setup_earlycon+0x29c/0x2ac
>> [ 0.000000] of_setup_earlycon from
>> early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout+0x154/0x18c
>> [ 0.000000] early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout from
>> param_setup_earlycon+0x40/0x48
>> [ 0.000000] param_setup_earlycon from do_early_param+0x88/0xc4
>> [ 0.000000] do_early_param from parse_args+0x1a4/0x404
>> [ 0.000000] parse_args from parse_early_options+0x40/0x48
>> [ 0.000000] parse_early_options from parse_early_param+0x38/0x48
>> [ 0.000000] parse_early_param from setup_arch+0x114/0x7a4
>> [ 0.000000] setup_arch from start_kernel+0x74/0x6dc
>> [ 0.000000] start_kernel from 0x0
>> [ 0.000000] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>>
>> drivers/of/fdt.c | 6 ++++--
>> drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c | 5 ++++-
>> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
>> index a8f5b6532165..7f3524213b43 100644
>> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
>> @@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ int __init
>> early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout(void)
>> int l;
>> const struct earlycon_id *match;
>> const void *fdt = initial_boot_params;
>> + int ret;
>>
>> offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/chosen");
>> if (offset < 0)
>> @@ -1057,8 +1058,9 @@ int __init
>> early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout(void)
>> if (fdt_node_check_compatible(fdt, offset,
>> match->compatible))
>> continue;
>>
>> - if (of_setup_earlycon(match, offset, options) == 0)
>> - return 0;
>> + ret = of_setup_earlycon(match, offset, options);
>> + if (!ret || ret == -EALREADY)
>> + return ret;
>
> Wouldn't just doing a 'return 0' here be simpler? The only other
> caller of this function doesn't check the error.

Ok.

-michael