The way we calculate logbuf free space percentage overflows signed integer:
int free; free = __LOG_BUF_LEN - log_next_idx; pr_info("early log buf free: %u(%u%%)\n", free, (free * 100) / __LOG_BUF_LEN); We support LOG_BUF_LEN of up to 1<<25 bytes. Since setup_log_buf() is called during early init, logbuf is mostly empty, so __LOG_BUF_LEN - log_next_idx is close to 1<<25. Thus when we multiply it by 100, we overflow signed integer value range: 100 is 2^6 + 2^5 + 2^2. Example, booting with LOG_BUF_LEN 1<<25 and log_buf_len=2G boot param: [ 0.075317] log_buf_len: -2147483648 bytes [ 0.075319] early log buf free: 33549896(-28%) Make "free" unsigned integer and use appropriate printk() specifier. Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhat...@gmail.com> --- kernel/printk/printk.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index c3f0e3927e77..c9e1d3bf695e 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ void __init setup_log_buf(int early) { unsigned long flags; char *new_log_buf; - int free; + unsigned int free; if (log_buf != __log_buf) return; @@ -1116,8 +1116,8 @@ void __init setup_log_buf(int early) memcpy(log_buf, __log_buf, __LOG_BUF_LEN); logbuf_unlock_irqrestore(flags); - pr_info("log_buf_len: %d bytes\n", log_buf_len); - pr_info("early log buf free: %d(%d%%)\n", + pr_info("log_buf_len: %u bytes\n", log_buf_len); + pr_info("early log buf free: %u(%u%%)\n", free, (free * 100) / __LOG_BUF_LEN); } -- 2.19.1