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-rw-r--r--kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
index 88f7dd4cb0c1..11b860ad5264 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
@@ -412,9 +412,14 @@ static enum desc_state desc_read(struct prb_desc_ring *desc_ring,
/*
* Copy the descriptor data. The data is not valid until the
- * state has been re-checked.
+ * state has been re-checked. A memcpy() for all of @desc
+ * cannot be used because of the atomic_t @state_var field.
*/
- memcpy(desc_out, desc, sizeof(*desc_out)); /* LMM(desc_read:C) */
+ memcpy(&desc_out->info, &desc->info, sizeof(desc_out->info)); /* LMM(desc_read:C) */
+ memcpy(&desc_out->text_blk_lpos, &desc->text_blk_lpos,
+ sizeof(desc_out->text_blk_lpos)); /* also part of desc_read:C */
+ memcpy(&desc_out->dict_blk_lpos, &desc->dict_blk_lpos,
+ sizeof(desc_out->dict_blk_lpos)); /* also part of desc_read:C */
/*
* 1. Guarantee the descriptor content is loaded before re-checking