linux-stable/kernel
Petr Mladek ab4af56ae2 printk/console: Allow to disable console output by using console="" or console=null
commit 3cffa06aee upstream.

The commit 48021f9813 ("printk: handle blank console arguments
passed in.") prevented crash caused by empty console= parameter value.

Unfortunately, this value is widely used on Chromebooks to disable
the console output. The above commit caused performance regression
because the messages were pushed on slow console even though nobody
was watching it.

Use ttynull driver explicitly for console="" and console=null
parameters. It has been created for exactly this purpose.

It causes that preferred_console is set. As a result, ttySX and ttyX
are not used as a fallback. And only ttynull console gets registered by
default.

It still allows to register other consoles either by additional console=
parameters or SPCR. It prevents regression because it worked this way even
before. Also it is a sane semantic. Preventing output on all consoles
should be done another way, for example, by introducing mute_console
parameter.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201006025935.GA597@jagdpanzerIV.localdomain
Suggested-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Acked-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201111135450.11214-3-pmladek@suse.com
Cc: Yi Fan <yfa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-11-12 14:58:33 +01:00
..
bpf bpf: Fix error usage of map_fd and fdget() in generic_map_update_batch() 2021-11-02 19:48:21 +01:00
cgroup cgroup: Fix memory leak caused by missing cgroup_bpf_offline 2021-11-02 19:48:21 +01:00
configs
debug kgdb: fix to kill breakpoints on initmem after boot 2021-03-04 11:38:46 +01:00
dma dma-debug: fix sg checks in debug_dma_map_sg() 2021-10-27 09:56:47 +02:00
entry KVM: rseq: Update rseq when processing NOTIFY_RESUME on xfer to KVM guest 2021-10-06 15:55:49 +02:00
events perf/core: fix userpage->time_enabled of inactive events 2021-10-17 10:43:33 +02:00
gcov gcov: re-fix clang-11+ support 2021-04-14 08:41:58 +02:00
irq genirq/timings: Fix error return code in irq_timings_test_irqs() 2021-09-15 09:50:29 +02:00
kcsan kcsan: Fix debugfs initcall return type 2021-05-26 12:06:54 +02:00
livepatch kernel/: fix repeated words in comments 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
locking locking/lockdep: Mark local_lock_t 2021-09-15 09:50:41 +02:00
power PM: EM: Increase energy calculation precision 2021-09-15 09:50:37 +02:00
printk printk/console: Allow to disable console output by using console="" or console=null 2021-11-12 14:58:33 +01:00
rcu rcu: Fix macro name CONFIG_TASKS_RCU_TRACE 2021-09-18 13:40:19 +02:00
sched sched/scs: Reset the shadow stack when idle_task_exit 2021-10-27 09:56:55 +02:00
time Revert "posix-cpu-timers: Force next expiration recalc after itimer reset" 2021-09-16 12:51:23 +02:00
trace tracing: Have all levels of checks prevent recursion 2021-10-27 09:56:56 +02:00
.gitignore kbuild: update config_data.gz only when the content of .config is changed 2021-05-11 14:47:37 +02:00
acct.c kernel: acct.c: fix some kernel-doc nits 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
async.c
audit.c audit: Remove redundant null check 2020-08-26 09:10:39 -04:00
audit.h audit: change unnecessary globals into statics 2020-08-17 20:26:58 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c fsnotify: generalize handle_inode_event() 2020-12-30 11:54:18 +01:00
audit_tree.c audit: move put_tree() to avoid trim_trees refcount underflow and UAF 2021-09-03 10:09:31 +02:00
audit_watch.c fsnotify: generalize handle_inode_event() 2020-12-30 11:54:18 +01:00
auditfilter.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
auditsc.c audit: fix possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter_rules 2021-10-27 09:56:52 +02:00
backtracetest.c treewide: Replace DECLARE_TASKLET() with DECLARE_TASKLET_OLD() 2020-07-30 11:15:58 -07:00
bounds.c
capability.c LSM: Signal to SafeSetID when setting group IDs 2020-10-13 09:17:34 -07:00
compat.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Cure the cpusets trainwreck 2021-07-19 09:44:59 +02:00
cpu_pm.c PM: cpu: Make notifier chain use a raw_spinlock_t 2021-09-15 09:50:40 +02:00
crash_core.c crash_core, vmcoreinfo: append 'SECTION_SIZE_BITS' to vmcoreinfo 2021-06-23 14:42:52 +02:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c Revert "Add a reference to ucounts for each cred" 2021-09-08 08:49:00 +02:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c kernel/io_uring: cancel io_uring before task works 2021-01-30 13:55:18 +01:00
extable.c
fail_function.c fail_function: Remove a redundant mutex unlock 2020-11-19 11:58:16 -08:00
fork.c mm/hugetlb: initialize hugetlb_usage in mm_init 2021-09-18 13:40:36 +02:00
freezer.c Revert "kernel: freezer should treat PF_IO_WORKER like PF_KTHREAD for freezing" 2021-04-07 15:00:14 +02:00
futex.c mm, futex: fix shared futex pgoff on shmem huge page 2021-06-30 08:47:29 -04:00
gen_kheaders.sh
groups.c LSM: Signal to SafeSetID when setting group IDs 2020-10-13 09:17:34 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: make type annotations consistent 2020-11-02 12:14:19 -08:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c jump_label: Fix jump_label_text_reserved() vs __init 2021-07-20 16:05:58 +02:00
kallsyms.c treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo") 2020-10-25 14:51:49 -07:00
kcmp.c exec: Transform exec_update_mutex into a rw_semaphore 2021-01-09 13:46:24 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: make some symbols static 2020-08-12 10:58:02 -07:00
kexec.c LSM: Introduce kernel_post_load_data() hook 2020-10-05 13:37:03 +02:00
kexec_core.c kernel: kexec: remove the lock operation of system_transition_mutex 2021-02-03 23:28:37 +01:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kernel: kexec_file: fix error return code of kexec_calculate_store_digests() 2021-05-19 10:13:09 +02:00
kexec_internal.h
kheaders.c
kmod.c kmod: remove redundant "be an" in the comment 2020-08-12 10:58:01 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Fix to delay the kprobes jump optimization 2021-03-04 11:38:35 +01:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread: Fix PF_KTHREAD vs to_kthread() race 2021-09-03 10:09:31 +02:00
latencytop.c
Makefile kbuild: update config_data.gz only when the content of .config is changed 2021-05-11 14:47:37 +02:00
module-internal.h
module.c module: limit enabling module.sig_enforce 2021-06-30 08:47:15 -04:00
module_signature.c module: harden ELF info handling 2021-03-25 09:04:11 +01:00
module_signing.c module: harden ELF info handling 2021-03-25 09:04:11 +01:00
notifier.c notifier: Fix broken error handling pattern 2020-09-01 09:58:03 +02:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: fix possible padata_works_lock deadlock 2020-09-04 17:51:55 +10:00
panic.c panic: don't dump stack twice on warn 2020-11-14 11:26:04 -08:00
params.c params: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member 2020-10-29 17:22:59 -05:00
pid.c exec: Transform exec_update_mutex into a rw_semaphore 2021-01-09 13:46:24 +01:00
pid_namespace.c memcg: enable accounting for pids in nested pid namespaces 2021-09-18 13:40:36 +02:00
profile.c profiling: fix shift-out-of-bounds bugs 2021-09-26 14:08:58 +02:00
ptrace.c ptrace: make ptrace() fail if the tracee changed its pid unexpectedly 2021-05-26 12:06:49 +02:00
range.c kernel.h: split out min()/max() et al. helpers 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
reboot.c reboot: fix overflow parsing reboot cpu number 2020-11-14 11:26:03 -08:00
regset.c regset: kill ->get() 2020-07-27 14:31:12 -04:00
relay.c kernel/relay.c: drop unneeded initialization 2020-10-16 11:11:22 -07:00
resource.c kernel/resource: make walk_mem_res() find all busy IORESOURCE_MEM resources 2021-05-19 10:13:09 +02:00
rseq.c KVM: rseq: Update rseq when processing NOTIFY_RESUME on xfer to KVM guest 2021-10-06 15:55:49 +02:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Add cond_resched() to test loop 2020-08-24 18:38:38 -07:00
scs.c mm: memcontrol: account kernel stack per node 2020-08-07 11:33:25 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Fix setting loaded filter count during TSYNC 2021-08-18 08:59:06 +02:00
signal.c ptrace: fix task_join_group_stop() for the case when current is traced 2020-11-02 12:14:19 -08:00
smp.c smp: Fix smp_call_function_single_async prototype 2021-05-14 09:50:46 +02:00
smpboot.c sched/core: Initialize the idle task with preemption disabled 2021-07-14 16:55:50 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Add debug check to __raise_softirq_irqoff() 2020-09-16 15:18:56 +02:00
stackleak.c stackleak: let stack_erasing_sysctl take a kernel pointer buffer 2020-09-19 13:13:39 -07:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Remove reliable argument from arch_stack_walk() callback 2020-09-18 14:24:16 +01:00
static_call.c static_call: Fix unused variable warn w/o MODULE 2021-09-08 08:49:00 +02:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine, rcu: Mark functions as notrace 2020-10-26 12:12:27 +01:00
sys.c prctl: allow to setup brk for et_dyn executables 2021-09-26 14:08:57 +02:00
sys_ni.c mm/madvise: introduce process_madvise() syscall: an external memory hinting API 2020-10-18 09:27:10 -07:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c sysctl.c: fix underflow value setting risk in vm_table 2021-03-17 17:06:25 +01:00
task_work.c task_work: cleanup notification modes 2020-10-17 15:05:30 -06:00
taskstats.c taskstats: move specifying netlink policy back to ops 2020-10-02 19:11:12 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Use rcu get state and cond sync for static call updates 2021-09-03 10:09:30 +02:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c Revert "Add a reference to ucounts for each cred" 2021-09-08 08:49:00 +02:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c usermodehelper: reset umask to default before executing user process 2020-10-06 10:31:52 -07:00
up.c smp: Fix smp_call_function_single_async prototype 2021-05-14 09:50:46 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
user_namespace.c Revert "Add a reference to ucounts for each cred" 2021-09-08 08:49:00 +02:00
usermode_driver.c bpf: Fix umd memory leak in copy_process() 2021-03-30 14:32:03 +02:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c
watch_queue.c watch_queue: Limit the number of watches a user can hold 2020-08-17 09:39:18 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: fix barriers when printing backtraces from all CPUs 2021-05-19 10:13:00 +02:00
watchdog_hld.c
workqueue.c workqueue: Fix possible memory leaks in wq_numa_init() 2021-09-18 13:40:23 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h