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-rw-r--r--sys/kern/kern_cons.c15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_cons.c b/sys/kern/kern_cons.c
index 75f9c18ee9dd..f91fe035f7a1 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_cons.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_cons.c
@@ -512,6 +512,13 @@ cnputs(char *p)
int unlock_reqd = 0;
if (use_cnputs_mtx) {
+ /*
+ * NOTE: Debug prints and/or witness printouts in
+ * console driver clients can cause the "cnputs_mtx"
+ * mutex to recurse. Simply return if that happens.
+ */
+ if (mtx_owned(&cnputs_mtx))
+ return;
mtx_lock_spin(&cnputs_mtx);
unlock_reqd = 1;
}
@@ -601,13 +608,7 @@ static void
cn_drvinit(void *unused)
{
- /*
- * NOTE: Debug prints and/or witness printouts in console
- * driver clients can cause the "cnputs_mtx" mutex to
- * recurse. Make sure the "MTX_RECURSE" flags is set!
- */
- mtx_init(&cnputs_mtx, "cnputs_mtx", NULL, MTX_SPIN |
- MTX_NOWITNESS | MTX_RECURSE);
+ mtx_init(&cnputs_mtx, "cnputs_mtx", NULL, MTX_SPIN | MTX_NOWITNESS);
use_cnputs_mtx = 1;
}