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1 /*
2 * linux/kernel/printk.c
4 * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
6 * Modified to make sys_syslog() more flexible: added commands to
7 * return the last 4k of kernel messages, regardless of whether
8 * they've been read or not. Added option to suppress kernel printk's
9 * to the console. Added hook for sending the console messages
10 * elsewhere, in preparation for a serial line console (someday).
11 * Ted Ts'o, 2/11/93.
12 * Modified for sysctl support, 1/8/97, Chris Horn.
13 * Fixed SMP synchronization, 08/08/99, Manfred Spraul
14 * manfreds@colorfullife.com
15 * Rewrote bits to get rid of console_lock
16 * 01Mar01 Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
19 #include <linux/kernel.h>
20 #include <linux/mm.h>
21 #include <linux/tty.h>
22 #include <linux/tty_driver.h>
23 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
24 #include <linux/console.h>
25 #include <linux/init.h>
26 #include <linux/module.h>
27 #include <linux/interrupt.h> /* For in_interrupt() */
28 #include <linux/config.h>
29 #include <linux/delay.h>
30 #include <linux/smp.h>
31 #include <linux/security.h>
32 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
34 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
36 #define __LOG_BUF_LEN (1 << CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT)
38 /* printk's without a loglevel use this.. */
39 #define DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL 4 /* KERN_WARNING */
41 /* We show everything that is MORE important than this.. */
42 #define MINIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 1 /* Minimum loglevel we let people use */
43 #define DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 7 /* anything MORE serious than KERN_DEBUG */
45 DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait);
47 int console_printk[4] = {
48 DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL, /* console_loglevel */
49 DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL, /* default_message_loglevel */
50 MINIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL, /* minimum_console_loglevel */
51 DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL, /* default_console_loglevel */
54 EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_printk);
56 int oops_in_progress;
59 * console_sem protects the console_drivers list, and also
60 * provides serialisation for access to the entire console
61 * driver system.
63 static DECLARE_MUTEX(console_sem);
64 struct console *console_drivers;
66 * This is used for debugging the mess that is the VT code by
67 * keeping track if we have the console semaphore held. It's
68 * definitely not the perfect debug tool (we don't know if _WE_
69 * hold it are racing, but it helps tracking those weird code
70 * path in the console code where we end up in places I want
71 * locked without the console sempahore held
73 static int console_locked;
76 * logbuf_lock protects log_buf, log_start, log_end, con_start and logged_chars
77 * It is also used in interesting ways to provide interlocking in
78 * release_console_sem().
80 static spinlock_t logbuf_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
82 static char __log_buf[__LOG_BUF_LEN];
83 static char *log_buf = __log_buf;
84 static int log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN;
86 #define LOG_BUF_MASK (log_buf_len-1)
87 #define LOG_BUF(idx) (log_buf[(idx) & LOG_BUF_MASK])
90 * The indices into log_buf are not constrained to log_buf_len - they
91 * must be masked before subscripting
93 static unsigned long log_start; /* Index into log_buf: next char to be read by syslog() */
94 static unsigned long con_start; /* Index into log_buf: next char to be sent to consoles */
95 static unsigned long log_end; /* Index into log_buf: most-recently-written-char + 1 */
96 static unsigned long logged_chars; /* Number of chars produced since last read+clear operation */
99 * Array of consoles built from command line options (console=)
101 struct console_cmdline
103 char name[8]; /* Name of the driver */
104 int index; /* Minor dev. to use */
105 char *options; /* Options for the driver */
108 #define MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES 8
110 static struct console_cmdline console_cmdline[MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES];
111 static int preferred_console = -1;
113 /* Flag: console code may call schedule() */
114 static int console_may_schedule;
117 * Setup a list of consoles. Called from init/main.c
119 static int __init console_setup(char *str)
121 char name[sizeof(console_cmdline[0].name)];
122 char *s, *options;
123 int idx;
126 * Decode str into name, index, options.
128 if (str[0] >= '0' && str[0] <= '9') {
129 strcpy(name, "ttyS");
130 strncpy(name + 4, str, sizeof(name) - 5);
131 } else
132 strncpy(name, str, sizeof(name) - 1);
133 name[sizeof(name) - 1] = 0;
134 if ((options = strchr(str, ',')) != NULL)
135 *(options++) = 0;
136 #ifdef __sparc__
137 if (!strcmp(str, "ttya"))
138 strcpy(name, "ttyS0");
139 if (!strcmp(str, "ttyb"))
140 strcpy(name, "ttyS1");
141 #endif
142 for(s = name; *s; s++)
143 if (*s >= '0' && *s <= '9')
144 break;
145 idx = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 10);
146 *s = 0;
148 add_preferred_console(name, idx, options);
149 return 1;
152 __setup("console=", console_setup);
155 * add_preferred_console - add a device to the list of preferred consoles.
157 * The last preferred console added will be used for kernel messages
158 * and stdin/out/err for init. Normally this is used by console_setup
159 * above to handle user-supplied console arguments; however it can also
160 * be used by arch-specific code either to override the user or more
161 * commonly to provide a default console (ie from PROM variables) when
162 * the user has not supplied one.
164 int __init add_preferred_console(char *name, int idx, char *options)
166 struct console_cmdline *c;
167 int i;
170 * See if this tty is not yet registered, and
171 * if we have a slot free.
173 for(i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && console_cmdline[i].name[0]; i++)
174 if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, name) == 0 &&
175 console_cmdline[i].index == idx) {
176 preferred_console = i;
177 return 0;
179 if (i == MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES)
180 return -E2BIG;
181 preferred_console = i;
182 c = &console_cmdline[i];
183 memcpy(c->name, name, sizeof(c->name));
184 c->name[sizeof(c->name) - 1] = 0;
185 c->options = options;
186 c->index = idx;
187 return 0;
190 static int __init log_buf_len_setup(char *str)
192 unsigned long size = memparse(str, &str);
193 unsigned long flags;
195 if (size)
196 size = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
197 if (size > log_buf_len) {
198 unsigned long start, dest_idx, offset;
199 char * new_log_buf;
201 new_log_buf = alloc_bootmem(size);
202 if (!new_log_buf) {
203 printk("log_buf_len: allocation failed\n");
204 goto out;
207 spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
208 log_buf_len = size;
209 log_buf = new_log_buf;
211 offset = start = min(con_start, log_start);
212 dest_idx = 0;
213 while (start != log_end) {
214 log_buf[dest_idx] = __log_buf[start & (__LOG_BUF_LEN - 1)];
215 start++;
216 dest_idx++;
218 log_start -= offset;
219 con_start -= offset;
220 log_end -= offset;
221 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
223 printk("log_buf_len: %d\n", log_buf_len);
225 out:
227 return 1;
230 __setup("log_buf_len=", log_buf_len_setup);
233 * Commands to do_syslog:
235 * 0 -- Close the log. Currently a NOP.
236 * 1 -- Open the log. Currently a NOP.
237 * 2 -- Read from the log.
238 * 3 -- Read all messages remaining in the ring buffer.
239 * 4 -- Read and clear all messages remaining in the ring buffer
240 * 5 -- Clear ring buffer.
241 * 6 -- Disable printk's to console
242 * 7 -- Enable printk's to console
243 * 8 -- Set level of messages printed to console
244 * 9 -- Return number of unread characters in the log buffer
245 * 10 -- Return size of the log buffer
247 int do_syslog(int type, char __user * buf, int len)
249 unsigned long i, j, limit, count;
250 int do_clear = 0;
251 char c;
252 int error = 0;
254 error = security_syslog(type);
255 if (error)
256 return error;
258 switch (type) {
259 case 0: /* Close log */
260 break;
261 case 1: /* Open log */
262 break;
263 case 2: /* Read from log */
264 error = -EINVAL;
265 if (!buf || len < 0)
266 goto out;
267 error = 0;
268 if (!len)
269 goto out;
270 error = verify_area(VERIFY_WRITE,buf,len);
271 if (error)
272 goto out;
273 error = wait_event_interruptible(log_wait, (log_start - log_end));
274 if (error)
275 goto out;
276 i = 0;
277 spin_lock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
278 while (!error && (log_start != log_end) && i < len) {
279 c = LOG_BUF(log_start);
280 log_start++;
281 spin_unlock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
282 error = __put_user(c,buf);
283 buf++;
284 i++;
285 spin_lock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
287 spin_unlock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
288 if (!error)
289 error = i;
290 break;
291 case 4: /* Read/clear last kernel messages */
292 do_clear = 1;
293 /* FALL THRU */
294 case 3: /* Read last kernel messages */
295 error = -EINVAL;
296 if (!buf || len < 0)
297 goto out;
298 error = 0;
299 if (!len)
300 goto out;
301 error = verify_area(VERIFY_WRITE,buf,len);
302 if (error)
303 goto out;
304 count = len;
305 if (count > log_buf_len)
306 count = log_buf_len;
307 spin_lock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
308 if (count > logged_chars)
309 count = logged_chars;
310 if (do_clear)
311 logged_chars = 0;
312 limit = log_end;
314 * __put_user() could sleep, and while we sleep
315 * printk() could overwrite the messages
316 * we try to copy to user space. Therefore
317 * the messages are copied in reverse. <manfreds>
319 for(i = 0; i < count && !error; i++) {
320 j = limit-1-i;
321 if (j + log_buf_len < log_end)
322 break;
323 c = LOG_BUF(j);
324 spin_unlock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
325 error = __put_user(c,&buf[count-1-i]);
326 spin_lock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
328 spin_unlock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
329 if (error)
330 break;
331 error = i;
332 if(i != count) {
333 int offset = count-error;
334 /* buffer overflow during copy, correct user buffer. */
335 for(i=0;i<error;i++) {
336 if (__get_user(c,&buf[i+offset]) ||
337 __put_user(c,&buf[i])) {
338 error = -EFAULT;
339 break;
343 break;
344 case 5: /* Clear ring buffer */
345 logged_chars = 0;
346 break;
347 case 6: /* Disable logging to console */
348 console_loglevel = minimum_console_loglevel;
349 break;
350 case 7: /* Enable logging to console */
351 console_loglevel = default_console_loglevel;
352 break;
353 case 8: /* Set level of messages printed to console */
354 error = -EINVAL;
355 if (len < 1 || len > 8)
356 goto out;
357 if (len < minimum_console_loglevel)
358 len = minimum_console_loglevel;
359 console_loglevel = len;
360 error = 0;
361 break;
362 case 9: /* Number of chars in the log buffer */
363 error = log_end - log_start;
364 break;
365 case 10: /* Size of the log buffer */
366 error = log_buf_len;
367 break;
368 default:
369 error = -EINVAL;
370 break;
372 out:
373 return error;
376 asmlinkage long sys_syslog(int type, char __user * buf, int len)
378 return do_syslog(type, buf, len);
382 * Call the console drivers on a range of log_buf
384 static void __call_console_drivers(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
386 struct console *con;
388 for (con = console_drivers; con; con = con->next) {
389 if ((con->flags & CON_ENABLED) && con->write)
390 con->write(con, &LOG_BUF(start), end - start);
395 * Write out chars from start to end - 1 inclusive
397 static void _call_console_drivers(unsigned long start,
398 unsigned long end, int msg_log_level)
400 if (msg_log_level < console_loglevel &&
401 console_drivers && start != end) {
402 if ((start & LOG_BUF_MASK) > (end & LOG_BUF_MASK)) {
403 /* wrapped write */
404 __call_console_drivers(start & LOG_BUF_MASK,
405 log_buf_len);
406 __call_console_drivers(0, end & LOG_BUF_MASK);
407 } else {
408 __call_console_drivers(start, end);
414 * Call the console drivers, asking them to write out
415 * log_buf[start] to log_buf[end - 1].
416 * The console_sem must be held.
418 static void call_console_drivers(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
420 unsigned long cur_index, start_print;
421 static int msg_level = -1;
423 if (((long)(start - end)) > 0)
424 BUG();
426 cur_index = start;
427 start_print = start;
428 while (cur_index != end) {
429 if ( msg_level < 0 &&
430 ((end - cur_index) > 2) &&
431 LOG_BUF(cur_index + 0) == '<' &&
432 LOG_BUF(cur_index + 1) >= '0' &&
433 LOG_BUF(cur_index + 1) <= '7' &&
434 LOG_BUF(cur_index + 2) == '>')
436 msg_level = LOG_BUF(cur_index + 1) - '0';
437 cur_index += 3;
438 start_print = cur_index;
440 while (cur_index != end) {
441 char c = LOG_BUF(cur_index);
442 cur_index++;
444 if (c == '\n') {
445 if (msg_level < 0) {
447 * printk() has already given us loglevel tags in
448 * the buffer. This code is here in case the
449 * log buffer has wrapped right round and scribbled
450 * on those tags
452 msg_level = default_message_loglevel;
454 _call_console_drivers(start_print, cur_index, msg_level);
455 msg_level = -1;
456 start_print = cur_index;
457 break;
461 _call_console_drivers(start_print, end, msg_level);
464 static void emit_log_char(char c)
466 LOG_BUF(log_end) = c;
467 log_end++;
468 if (log_end - log_start > log_buf_len)
469 log_start = log_end - log_buf_len;
470 if (log_end - con_start > log_buf_len)
471 con_start = log_end - log_buf_len;
472 if (logged_chars < log_buf_len)
473 logged_chars++;
477 * Zap console related locks when oopsing. Only zap at most once
478 * every 10 seconds, to leave time for slow consoles to print a
479 * full oops.
481 static void zap_locks(void)
483 static unsigned long oops_timestamp;
485 if (time_after_eq(jiffies, oops_timestamp) &&
486 !time_after(jiffies, oops_timestamp + 30*HZ))
487 return;
489 oops_timestamp = jiffies;
491 /* If a crash is occurring, make sure we can't deadlock */
492 spin_lock_init(&logbuf_lock);
493 /* And make sure that we print immediately */
494 init_MUTEX(&console_sem);
498 * This is printk. It can be called from any context. We want it to work.
500 * We try to grab the console_sem. If we succeed, it's easy - we log the output and
501 * call the console drivers. If we fail to get the semaphore we place the output
502 * into the log buffer and return. The current holder of the console_sem will
503 * notice the new output in release_console_sem() and will send it to the
504 * consoles before releasing the semaphore.
506 * One effect of this deferred printing is that code which calls printk() and
507 * then changes console_loglevel may break. This is because console_loglevel
508 * is inspected when the actual printing occurs.
510 asmlinkage int printk(const char *fmt, ...)
512 va_list args;
513 int r;
515 va_start(args, fmt);
516 r = vprintk(fmt, args);
517 va_end(args);
519 return r;
522 asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
524 unsigned long flags;
525 int printed_len;
526 char *p;
527 static char printk_buf[1024];
528 static int log_level_unknown = 1;
530 if (unlikely(oops_in_progress))
531 zap_locks();
533 /* This stops the holder of console_sem just where we want him */
534 spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
536 /* Emit the output into the temporary buffer */
537 printed_len = vscnprintf(printk_buf, sizeof(printk_buf), fmt, args);
540 * Copy the output into log_buf. If the caller didn't provide
541 * appropriate log level tags, we insert them here
543 for (p = printk_buf; *p; p++) {
544 if (log_level_unknown) {
545 if (p[0] != '<' || p[1] < '0' || p[1] > '7' || p[2] != '>') {
546 emit_log_char('<');
547 emit_log_char(default_message_loglevel + '0');
548 emit_log_char('>');
550 log_level_unknown = 0;
552 emit_log_char(*p);
553 if (*p == '\n')
554 log_level_unknown = 1;
557 if (!cpu_online(smp_processor_id()) &&
558 system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
560 * Some console drivers may assume that per-cpu resources have
561 * been allocated. So don't allow them to be called by this
562 * CPU until it is officially up. We shouldn't be calling into
563 * random console drivers on a CPU which doesn't exist yet..
565 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
566 goto out;
568 if (!down_trylock(&console_sem)) {
569 console_locked = 1;
571 * We own the drivers. We can drop the spinlock and let
572 * release_console_sem() print the text
574 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
575 console_may_schedule = 0;
576 release_console_sem();
577 } else {
579 * Someone else owns the drivers. We drop the spinlock, which
580 * allows the semaphore holder to proceed and to call the
581 * console drivers with the output which we just produced.
583 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
585 out:
586 return printed_len;
588 EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk);
589 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vprintk);
592 * acquire_console_sem - lock the console system for exclusive use.
594 * Acquires a semaphore which guarantees that the caller has
595 * exclusive access to the console system and the console_drivers list.
597 * Can sleep, returns nothing.
599 void acquire_console_sem(void)
601 if (in_interrupt())
602 BUG();
603 down(&console_sem);
604 console_locked = 1;
605 console_may_schedule = 1;
607 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acquire_console_sem);
609 int is_console_locked(void)
611 return console_locked;
613 EXPORT_SYMBOL(is_console_locked);
616 * release_console_sem - unlock the console system
618 * Releases the semaphore which the caller holds on the console system
619 * and the console driver list.
621 * While the semaphore was held, console output may have been buffered
622 * by printk(). If this is the case, release_console_sem() emits
623 * the output prior to releasing the semaphore.
625 * If there is output waiting for klogd, we wake it up.
627 * release_console_sem() may be called from any context.
629 void release_console_sem(void)
631 unsigned long flags;
632 unsigned long _con_start, _log_end;
633 unsigned long wake_klogd = 0;
635 for ( ; ; ) {
636 spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
637 wake_klogd |= log_start - log_end;
638 if (con_start == log_end)
639 break; /* Nothing to print */
640 _con_start = con_start;
641 _log_end = log_end;
642 con_start = log_end; /* Flush */
643 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
644 call_console_drivers(_con_start, _log_end);
646 console_locked = 0;
647 console_may_schedule = 0;
648 up(&console_sem);
649 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
650 if (wake_klogd && !oops_in_progress && waitqueue_active(&log_wait))
651 wake_up_interruptible(&log_wait);
653 EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_console_sem);
655 /** console_conditional_schedule - yield the CPU if required
657 * If the console code is currently allowed to sleep, and
658 * if this CPU should yield the CPU to another task, do
659 * so here.
661 * Must be called within acquire_console_sem().
663 void console_conditional_schedule(void)
665 if (console_may_schedule && need_resched()) {
666 set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
667 schedule();
670 EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_conditional_schedule);
672 void console_print(const char *s)
674 printk(KERN_EMERG "%s", s);
676 EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_print);
678 void console_unblank(void)
680 struct console *c;
683 * Try to get the console semaphore. If someone else owns it
684 * we have to return without unblanking because console_unblank
685 * may be called in interrupt context.
687 if (down_trylock(&console_sem) != 0)
688 return;
689 console_locked = 1;
690 console_may_schedule = 0;
691 for (c = console_drivers; c != NULL; c = c->next)
692 if ((c->flags & CON_ENABLED) && c->unblank)
693 c->unblank();
694 release_console_sem();
696 EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_unblank);
699 * Return the console tty driver structure and its associated index
701 struct tty_driver *console_device(int *index)
703 struct console *c;
704 struct tty_driver *driver = NULL;
706 acquire_console_sem();
707 for (c = console_drivers; c != NULL; c = c->next) {
708 if (!c->device)
709 continue;
710 driver = c->device(c, index);
711 if (driver)
712 break;
714 release_console_sem();
715 return driver;
719 * Prevent further output on the passed console device so that (for example)
720 * serial drivers can disable console output before suspending a port, and can
721 * re-enable output afterwards.
723 void console_stop(struct console *console)
725 acquire_console_sem();
726 console->flags &= ~CON_ENABLED;
727 release_console_sem();
729 EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_stop);
731 void console_start(struct console *console)
733 acquire_console_sem();
734 console->flags |= CON_ENABLED;
735 release_console_sem();
737 EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_start);
740 * The console driver calls this routine during kernel initialization
741 * to register the console printing procedure with printk() and to
742 * print any messages that were printed by the kernel before the
743 * console driver was initialized.
745 void register_console(struct console * console)
747 int i;
748 unsigned long flags;
751 * See if we want to use this console driver. If we
752 * didn't select a console we take the first one
753 * that registers here.
755 if (preferred_console < 0) {
756 if (console->index < 0)
757 console->index = 0;
758 if (console->setup == NULL ||
759 console->setup(console, NULL) == 0) {
760 console->flags |= CON_ENABLED | CON_CONSDEV;
761 preferred_console = 0;
766 * See if this console matches one we selected on
767 * the command line.
769 for(i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && console_cmdline[i].name[0]; i++) {
770 if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, console->name) != 0)
771 continue;
772 if (console->index >= 0 &&
773 console->index != console_cmdline[i].index)
774 continue;
775 if (console->index < 0)
776 console->index = console_cmdline[i].index;
777 if (console->setup &&
778 console->setup(console, console_cmdline[i].options) != 0)
779 break;
780 console->flags |= CON_ENABLED;
781 console->index = console_cmdline[i].index;
782 if (i == preferred_console)
783 console->flags |= CON_CONSDEV;
784 break;
787 if (!(console->flags & CON_ENABLED))
788 return;
791 * Put this console in the list - keep the
792 * preferred driver at the head of the list.
794 acquire_console_sem();
795 if ((console->flags & CON_CONSDEV) || console_drivers == NULL) {
796 console->next = console_drivers;
797 console_drivers = console;
798 } else {
799 console->next = console_drivers->next;
800 console_drivers->next = console;
802 if (console->flags & CON_PRINTBUFFER) {
804 * release_console_sem() will print out the buffered messages
805 * for us.
807 spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
808 con_start = log_start;
809 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
811 release_console_sem();
813 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_console);
815 int unregister_console(struct console * console)
817 struct console *a,*b;
818 int res = 1;
820 acquire_console_sem();
821 if (console_drivers == console) {
822 console_drivers=console->next;
823 res = 0;
824 } else {
825 for (a=console_drivers->next, b=console_drivers ;
826 a; b=a, a=b->next) {
827 if (a == console) {
828 b->next = a->next;
829 res = 0;
830 break;
835 /* If last console is removed, we re-enable picking the first
836 * one that gets registered. Without that, pmac early boot console
837 * would prevent fbcon from taking over.
839 if (console_drivers == NULL)
840 preferred_console = -1;
843 release_console_sem();
844 return res;
846 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_console);
849 * tty_write_message - write a message to a certain tty, not just the console.
851 * This is used for messages that need to be redirected to a specific tty.
852 * We don't put it into the syslog queue right now maybe in the future if
853 * really needed.
855 void tty_write_message(struct tty_struct *tty, char *msg)
857 if (tty && tty->driver->write)
858 tty->driver->write(tty, 0, msg, strlen(msg));
859 return;
863 * printk rate limiting, lifted from the networking subsystem.
865 * This enforces a rate limit: not more than one kernel message
866 * every printk_ratelimit_jiffies to make a denial-of-service
867 * attack impossible.
869 int __printk_ratelimit(int ratelimit_jiffies, int ratelimit_burst)
871 static spinlock_t ratelimit_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
872 static unsigned long toks = 10*5*HZ;
873 static unsigned long last_msg;
874 static int missed;
875 unsigned long flags;
876 unsigned long now = jiffies;
878 spin_lock_irqsave(&ratelimit_lock, flags);
879 toks += now - last_msg;
880 last_msg = now;
881 if (toks > (ratelimit_burst * ratelimit_jiffies))
882 toks = ratelimit_burst * ratelimit_jiffies;
883 if (toks >= ratelimit_jiffies) {
884 int lost = missed;
885 missed = 0;
886 toks -= ratelimit_jiffies;
887 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ratelimit_lock, flags);
888 if (lost)
889 printk(KERN_WARNING "printk: %d messages suppressed.\n", lost);
890 return 1;
892 missed++;
893 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ratelimit_lock, flags);
894 return 0;
896 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__printk_ratelimit);
898 /* minimum time in jiffies between messages */
899 int printk_ratelimit_jiffies = 5*HZ;
901 /* number of messages we send before ratelimiting */
902 int printk_ratelimit_burst = 10;
904 int printk_ratelimit(void)
906 return __printk_ratelimit(printk_ratelimit_jiffies,
907 printk_ratelimit_burst);
909 EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk_ratelimit);