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qemurunner: Hide kernel messages on first non-raw run_serial() call

Message ID 20260314165741.1710464-1-yoann.congal@smile.fr
State Under Review
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Series qemurunner: Hide kernel messages on first non-raw run_serial() call | expand

Commit Message

Yoann Congal March 14, 2026, 4:57 p.m. UTC 
From: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@smile.fr>

Kernel messages on console can be mixed with run_serial() command output
and might even prevent run_serial() to read the command exit code.

To fix this, on the first non-raw run_serial() call, run "dmesg -n 1"
first to hide the kernel message from the console we use to run
commands. Note that kernel messages are still logged in dmesg buffer.

man dmesg (from util-linux):
> -n, --console-level
> level Set the level at which printing of messages is done to the
> console. The level is a level number or abbreviation of the level name.
> For all supported levels see the --help output.
>
> For example, -n 1 or -n emerg prevents all messages, except emergency (panic)
> messages, from appearing on the console. All levels of messages are still
> written to /proc/kmsg, so syslogd(8) can still be used to control exactly where
> kernel messages appear. When the -n option is used, dmesg will not print or
> clear the kernel ring buffer.

Busybox's dmesg also support the option.

Raw run_serial() calls are used during the login process when it's too
early to run the dmesg command.

Fixes [ YOCTO #16189 ]

Signed-off-by: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@smile.fr>
---
 meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 57f86970fe..1ceeeff96a 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@  class QemuRunner:
         self.boot_patterns = boot_patterns
         self.tmpfsdir = tmpfsdir
         self.native_sysroot = native_sysroot
+        self.kernel_messages_disabled = False
 
         self.runqemutime = 300
         if not workdir:
@@ -659,6 +660,11 @@  class QemuRunner:
     def run_serial(self, command, raw=False, timeout=60):
         # Returns (status, output) where status is 1 on success and 0 on error
 
+        # Disable kernel messages before running the first non-raw command
+        if not raw and not self.kernel_messages_disabled:
+            self.kernel_messages_disabled = True
+            self.run_serial("dmesg -n 1\n", raw=True)
+
         # We assume target system have echo to get command status
         if not raw:
             command = "%s; echo $?\n" % command