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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-11-05 19:58:07 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-11-05 19:58:07 +0100
commit9a6fc8d0f8c3ee3d42417e8315fc8c8fae1d3213 (patch)
treeb4bd15742d56e488592203e1d0a0d07a0684410d /drivers/char
parentMerge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmo... (diff)
parentxen: mask extended topology info in cpuid (diff)
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Merge branch 'bugfix' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen
* 'bugfix' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen: xen: mask extended topology info in cpuid xen/hvc: make sure console output is always emitted, with explicit polling
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hvc_xen.c25
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c b/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c
index eba999f8598d..a6ee32b599a8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static inline void notify_daemon(void)
notify_remote_via_evtchn(xen_start_info->console.domU.evtchn);
}
-static int write_console(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int len)
+static int __write_console(const char *data, int len)
{
struct xencons_interface *intf = xencons_interface();
XENCONS_RING_IDX cons, prod;
@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@ static int write_console(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int len)
return sent;
}
+static int write_console(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int len)
+{
+ int ret = len;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure the whole buffer is emitted, polling if
+ * necessary. We don't ever want to rely on the hvc daemon
+ * because the most interesting console output is when the
+ * kernel is crippled.
+ */
+ while (len) {
+ int sent = __write_console(data, len);
+
+ data += sent;
+ len -= sent;
+
+ if (unlikely(len))
+ HYPERVISOR_sched_op(SCHEDOP_yield, NULL);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int read_console(uint32_t vtermno, char *buf, int len)
{
struct xencons_interface *intf = xencons_interface();