From: Andrew Morton - compile fix - Race fix: oops_in_progress can change at any time - coding-style fixlets. Cc: Greg Ungerer Cc: Mike Frysinger Cc: Mike Frysinger Cc: Paul Mundt Cc: Robin Getz Cc: Russell King Cc: Tim Bird Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/linux/kernel.h | 2 +- kernel/printk.c | 12 ++++++++---- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~printk-add-interfaces-for-external-access-to-the-log-buffer-fix include/linux/kernel.h --- a/include/linux/kernel.h~printk-add-interfaces-for-external-access-to-the-log-buffer-fix +++ a/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static inline int printk(const char *s, __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2))); static inline int __cold printk(const char *s, ...) { return 0; } static inline int log_buf_get_len(void) { return 0; } -static inline int log_buf_read(int idx); { return 0; } +static inline int log_buf_read(int idx) { return 0; } static inline int log_buf_copy(char *dest, int idx, int len) { return 0; } #endif diff -puN kernel/printk.c~printk-add-interfaces-for-external-access-to-the-log-buffer-fix kernel/printk.c --- a/kernel/printk.c~printk-add-interfaces-for-external-access-to-the-log-buffer-fix +++ a/kernel/printk.c @@ -233,14 +233,17 @@ int log_buf_get_len(void) int log_buf_copy(char *dest, int idx, int len) { int ret, max; + bool took_lock = false; - if (!oops_in_progress) + if (!oops_in_progress) { spin_lock_irq(&logbuf_lock); + took_lock = true; + } max = log_buf_get_len(); - if (idx < 0 || idx >= max) + if (idx < 0 || idx >= max) { ret = -1; - else { + } else { if (len > max) len = max; ret = len; @@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ int log_buf_copy(char *dest, int idx, in } } - if (!oops_in_progress) + if (took_lock) spin_unlock_irq(&logbuf_lock); return ret; @@ -262,6 +265,7 @@ int log_buf_copy(char *dest, int idx, in int log_buf_read(int idx) { char ret; + if (log_buf_copy(&ret, idx, 1) == 1) return ret; else _