Since PREEMPT_RT makes spin_locks schedule, and some consoles (namely
serial) use spin locks in the write method.  This patch creates a new
console flag called CON_ATOMIC which is set by safe consoles that do not
grab spinlocks.

On PREEMPT_RT only safe consoles will write within non atomic operations
(and not in a oops).

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

Index: linux-2.6-rt-test/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-rt-test.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ linux-2.6-rt-test/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void early_vga_write(struct conso
 static struct console early_vga_console = {
        .name =         "earlyvga",
        .write =        early_vga_write,
-       .flags =        CON_PRINTBUFFER,
+       .flags =        CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_ATOMIC,
        .index =        -1,
 };
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static __init void early_serial_init(cha
 static struct console early_serial_console = {
        .name =         "earlyser",
        .write =        early_serial_write,
-       .flags =        CON_PRINTBUFFER,
+       .flags =        CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_ATOMIC,
        .index =        -1,
 };
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static void simnow_write(struct console 
 static struct console simnow_console = {
        .name =         "simnow",
        .write =        simnow_write,
-       .flags =        CON_PRINTBUFFER,
+       .flags =        CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_ATOMIC,
        .index =        -1,
 };
 
Index: linux-2.6-rt-test/drivers/char/vt.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-rt-test.orig/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ linux-2.6-rt-test/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ static struct console vt_console_driver 
        .write          = vt_console_print,
        .device         = vt_console_device,
        .unblank        = unblank_screen,
-       .flags          = CON_PRINTBUFFER,
+       .flags          = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_ATOMIC,
        .index          = -1,
 };
 #endif
Index: linux-2.6-rt-test/include/linux/console.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-rt-test.orig/include/linux/console.h
+++ linux-2.6-rt-test/include/linux/console.h
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ void give_up_console(const struct consw 
 #define CON_ENABLED    (4)
 #define CON_BOOT       (8)
 #define CON_ANYTIME    (16) /* Safe to call when cpu is offline */
+#define CON_ATOMIC     (32) /* Safe to call in PREEMPT_RT atomic */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+# define console_atomic_safe(con)              \
+       (((con)->flags & CON_ATOMIC) ||         \
+        (!in_atomic() && !irqs_disabled()) ||  \
+        (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING) ||    \
+        oops_in_progress)
+#else
+# define console_atomic_safe(con) (1)
+#endif
 
 struct console
 {
Index: linux-2.6-rt-test/kernel/printk.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-rt-test.orig/kernel/printk.c
+++ linux-2.6-rt-test/kernel/printk.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ static void __call_console_drivers(unsig
        touch_critical_timing();
        for (con = console_drivers; con; con = con->next) {
                if ((con->flags & CON_ENABLED) && con->write &&
+                               console_atomic_safe(con) &&
                                (cpu_online(raw_smp_processor_id()) ||
                                (con->flags & CON_ANYTIME))) {
                        /*


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