Commit 4d38b88fd17e for kernel
commit 4d38b88fd17e9989429e65420bf3c33ca53b2085
Merge: 4a4e0199378f 5cae92e62230
Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed Dec 3 12:42:36 2025 -0800
Merge tag 'printk-for-6.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux
Pull printk updates from Petr Mladek:
- Allow creaing nbcon console drivers with an unsafe write_atomic()
callback that can only be called by the final nbcon_atomic_flush_unsafe().
Otherwise, the driver would rely on the kthread.
It is going to be used as the-best-effort approach for an
experimental nbcon netconsole driver, see
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251121-nbcon-v1-2-503d17b2b4af@debian.org
Note that a safe .write_atomic() callback is supposed to work in NMI
context. But some networking drivers are not safe even in IRQ
context:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/oc46gdpmmlly5o44obvmoatfqo5bhpgv7pabpvb6sjuqioymcg@gjsma3ghoz35
In an ideal world, all networking drivers would be fixed first and
the atomic flush would be blocked only in NMI context. But it brings
the question how reliable networking drivers are when the system is
in a bad state. They might block flushing more reliable serial
consoles which are more suitable for serious debugging anyway.
- Allow to use the last 4 bytes of the printk ring buffer.
- Prevent queuing IRQ work and block printk kthreads when consoles are
suspended. Otherwise, they create non-necessary churn or even block
the suspend.
- Release console_lock() between each record in the kthread used for
legacy consoles on RT. It might significantly speed up the boot.
- Release nbcon context between each record in the atomic flush. It
prevents stalls of the related printk kthread after it has lost the
ownership in the middle of a record
- Add support for NBCON consoles into KDB
- Add %ptsP modifier for printing struct timespec64 and use it where
possible
- Misc code clean up
* tag 'printk-for-6.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux: (48 commits)
printk: Use console_is_usable on console_unblank
arch: um: kmsg_dump: Use console_is_usable
drivers: serial: kgdboc: Drop checks for CON_ENABLED and CON_BOOT
lib/vsprintf: Unify FORMAT_STATE_NUM handlers
printk: Avoid irq_work for printk_deferred() on suspend
printk: Avoid scheduling irq_work on suspend
printk: Allow printk_trigger_flush() to flush all types
tracing: Switch to use %ptSp
scsi: snic: Switch to use %ptSp
scsi: fnic: Switch to use %ptSp
s390/dasd: Switch to use %ptSp
ptp: ocp: Switch to use %ptSp
pps: Switch to use %ptSp
PCI: epf-test: Switch to use %ptSp
net: dsa: sja1105: Switch to use %ptSp
mmc: mmc_test: Switch to use %ptSp
media: av7110: Switch to use %ptSp
ipmi: Switch to use %ptSp
igb: Switch to use %ptSp
e1000e: Switch to use %ptSp
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