diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index f0ab5cf28fcae0a1ff0783bf8a4ddc477447f585..4a7b54bd37e8c18b2eebfcd21608a2488589641b 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
    marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real
    security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue.  In short, something
    critical.
+ - Serious issues as reported by a user of a distribution kernel may also
+   be considered if they fix a notable performance or interactivity issue.
+   As these fixes are not as obvious and have a higher risk of a subtle
+   regression they should only be submitted by a distribution kernel
+   maintainer and include an addendum linking to a bugzilla entry if it
+   exists and additional information on the user-visible impact.
  - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted.
  - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the
    race can be exploited is also provided.
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index a2276b9167691f164c0753d1c3f0d6ff0b7090e9..5ae6b09e38057aa701e4c60cdac5ec686b3a63db 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -193,12 +193,19 @@ static int console_may_schedule;
  * separated by ',', and find the message after the ';' character.
  */
 
+enum log_flags {
+	LOG_DEFAULT = 0,
+	LOG_NOCONS = 1,		/* already flushed, do not print to console */
+};
+
 struct log {
 	u64 ts_nsec;		/* timestamp in nanoseconds */
 	u16 len;		/* length of entire record */
 	u16 text_len;		/* length of text buffer */
 	u16 dict_len;		/* length of dictionary buffer */
-	u16 level;		/* syslog level + facility */
+	u8 facility;		/* syslog facility */
+	u8 flags:5;		/* internal record flags */
+	u8 level:3;		/* syslog level */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -286,6 +293,7 @@ static u32 log_next(u32 idx)
 
 /* insert record into the buffer, discard old ones, update heads */
 static void log_store(int facility, int level,
+		      enum log_flags flags, u64 ts_nsec,
 		      const char *dict, u16 dict_len,
 		      const char *text, u16 text_len)
 {
@@ -329,8 +337,13 @@ static void log_store(int facility, int level,
 	msg->text_len = text_len;
 	memcpy(log_dict(msg), dict, dict_len);
 	msg->dict_len = dict_len;
-	msg->level = (facility << 3) | (level & 7);
-	msg->ts_nsec = local_clock();
+	msg->facility = facility;
+	msg->level = level & 7;
+	msg->flags = flags & 0x1f;
+	if (ts_nsec > 0)
+		msg->ts_nsec = ts_nsec;
+	else
+		msg->ts_nsec = local_clock();
 	memset(log_dict(msg) + dict_len, 0, pad_len);
 	msg->len = sizeof(struct log) + text_len + dict_len + pad_len;
 
@@ -446,7 +459,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	ts_usec = msg->ts_nsec;
 	do_div(ts_usec, 1000);
 	len = sprintf(user->buf, "%u,%llu,%llu;",
-		      msg->level, user->seq, ts_usec);
+		      (msg->facility << 3) | msg->level, user->seq, ts_usec);
 
 	/* escape non-printable characters */
 	for (i = 0; i < msg->text_len; i++) {
@@ -787,6 +800,21 @@ static bool printk_time;
 #endif
 module_param_named(time, printk_time, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 
+static size_t print_time(u64 ts, char *buf)
+{
+	unsigned long rem_nsec;
+
+	if (!printk_time)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!buf)
+		return 15;
+
+	rem_nsec = do_div(ts, 1000000000);
+	return sprintf(buf, "[%5lu.%06lu] ",
+		       (unsigned long)ts, rem_nsec / 1000);
+}
+
 static size_t print_prefix(const struct log *msg, bool syslog, char *buf)
 {
 	size_t len = 0;
@@ -803,18 +831,7 @@ static size_t print_prefix(const struct log *msg, bool syslog, char *buf)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (printk_time) {
-		if (buf) {
-			unsigned long long ts = msg->ts_nsec;
-			unsigned long rem_nsec = do_div(ts, 1000000000);
-
-			len += sprintf(buf + len, "[%5lu.%06lu] ",
-					 (unsigned long) ts, rem_nsec / 1000);
-		} else {
-			len += 15;
-		}
-	}
-
+	len += print_time(msg->ts_nsec, buf ? buf + len : NULL);
 	return len;
 }
 
@@ -862,28 +879,49 @@ static int syslog_print(char __user *buf, int size)
 {
 	char *text;
 	struct log *msg;
-	int len;
+	int len = 0;
 
 	text = kmalloc(LOG_LINE_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!text)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
-	if (syslog_seq < log_first_seq) {
-		/* messages are gone, move to first one */
-		syslog_seq = log_first_seq;
-		syslog_idx = log_first_idx;
-	}
-	msg = log_from_idx(syslog_idx);
-	len = msg_print_text(msg, true, text, LOG_LINE_MAX);
-	syslog_idx = log_next(syslog_idx);
-	syslog_seq++;
-	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
+	while (size > 0) {
+		size_t n;
+
+		raw_spin_lock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
+		if (syslog_seq < log_first_seq) {
+			/* messages are gone, move to first one */
+			syslog_seq = log_first_seq;
+			syslog_idx = log_first_idx;
+		}
+		if (syslog_seq == log_next_seq) {
+			raw_spin_unlock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
+			break;
+		}
+		msg = log_from_idx(syslog_idx);
+		n = msg_print_text(msg, true, text, LOG_LINE_MAX);
+		if (n <= size) {
+			syslog_idx = log_next(syslog_idx);
+			syslog_seq++;
+		} else
+			n = 0;
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&logbuf_lock);
 
-	if (len > size)
-		len = -EINVAL;
-	else if (len > 0 && copy_to_user(buf, text, len))
-		len = -EFAULT;
+		if (!n)
+			break;
+
+		len += n;
+		size -= n;
+		buf += n;
+		n = copy_to_user(buf - n, text, n);
+
+		if (n) {
+			len -= n;
+			if (!len)
+				len = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
 
 	kfree(text);
 	return len;
@@ -1040,6 +1078,7 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
 	/* Clear ring buffer */
 	case SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR:
 		syslog_print_all(NULL, 0, true);
+		break;
 	/* Disable logging to console */
 	case SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_OFF:
 		if (saved_console_loglevel == -1)
@@ -1272,15 +1311,92 @@ static inline void printk_delay(void)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Continuation lines are buffered, and not committed to the record buffer
+ * until the line is complete, or a race forces it. The line fragments
+ * though, are printed immediately to the consoles to ensure everything has
+ * reached the console in case of a kernel crash.
+ */
+static struct cont {
+	char buf[LOG_LINE_MAX];
+	size_t len;			/* length == 0 means unused buffer */
+	size_t cons;			/* bytes written to console */
+	struct task_struct *owner;	/* task of first print*/
+	u64 ts_nsec;			/* time of first print */
+	u8 level;			/* log level of first message */
+	u8 facility;			/* log level of first message */
+	bool flushed:1;			/* buffer sealed and committed */
+} cont;
+
+static void cont_flush(void)
+{
+	if (cont.flushed)
+		return;
+	if (cont.len == 0)
+		return;
+
+	log_store(cont.facility, cont.level, LOG_NOCONS, cont.ts_nsec,
+		  NULL, 0, cont.buf, cont.len);
+
+	cont.flushed = true;
+}
+
+static bool cont_add(int facility, int level, const char *text, size_t len)
+{
+	if (cont.len && cont.flushed)
+		return false;
+
+	if (cont.len + len > sizeof(cont.buf)) {
+		cont_flush();
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (!cont.len) {
+		cont.facility = facility;
+		cont.level = level;
+		cont.owner = current;
+		cont.ts_nsec = local_clock();
+		cont.cons = 0;
+		cont.flushed = false;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(cont.buf + cont.len, text, len);
+	cont.len += len;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static size_t cont_print_text(char *text, size_t size)
+{
+	size_t textlen = 0;
+	size_t len;
+
+	if (cont.cons == 0) {
+		textlen += print_time(cont.ts_nsec, text);
+		size -= textlen;
+	}
+
+	len = cont.len - cont.cons;
+	if (len > 0) {
+		if (len+1 > size)
+			len = size-1;
+		memcpy(text + textlen, cont.buf + cont.cons, len);
+		textlen += len;
+		cont.cons = cont.len;
+	}
+
+	if (cont.flushed) {
+		text[textlen++] = '\n';
+		/* got everything, release buffer */
+		cont.len = 0;
+	}
+	return textlen;
+}
+
 asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 			    const char *dict, size_t dictlen,
 			    const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	static int recursion_bug;
-	static char cont_buf[LOG_LINE_MAX];
-	static size_t cont_len;
-	static int cont_level;
-	static struct task_struct *cont_task;
 	static char textbuf[LOG_LINE_MAX];
 	char *text = textbuf;
 	size_t text_len;
@@ -1326,7 +1442,8 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 		recursion_bug = 0;
 		printed_len += strlen(recursion_msg);
 		/* emit KERN_CRIT message */
-		log_store(0, 2, NULL, 0, recursion_msg, printed_len);
+		log_store(0, 2, LOG_DEFAULT, 0,
+			  NULL, 0, recursion_msg, printed_len);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1364,55 +1481,37 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 	}
 
 	if (!newline) {
-		if (cont_len && (prefix || cont_task != current)) {
-			/*
-			 * Flush earlier buffer, which is either from a
-			 * different thread, or when we got a new prefix.
-			 */
-			log_store(facility, cont_level, NULL, 0, cont_buf, cont_len);
-			cont_len = 0;
-		}
-
-		if (!cont_len) {
-			cont_level = level;
-			cont_task = current;
-		}
+		/*
+		 * Flush the conflicting buffer. An earlier newline was missing,
+		 * or another task also prints continuation lines.
+		 */
+		if (cont.len && (prefix || cont.owner != current))
+			cont_flush();
 
-		/* buffer or append to earlier buffer from the same thread */
-		if (cont_len + text_len > sizeof(cont_buf))
-			text_len = sizeof(cont_buf) - cont_len;
-		memcpy(cont_buf + cont_len, text, text_len);
-		cont_len += text_len;
+		/* buffer line if possible, otherwise store it right away */
+		if (!cont_add(facility, level, text, text_len))
+			log_store(facility, level, LOG_DEFAULT, 0,
+				  dict, dictlen, text, text_len);
 	} else {
-		if (cont_len && cont_task == current) {
-			if (prefix) {
-				/*
-				 * New prefix from the same thread; flush. We
-				 * either got no earlier newline, or we race
-				 * with an interrupt.
-				 */
-				log_store(facility, cont_level,
-					  NULL, 0, cont_buf, cont_len);
-				cont_len = 0;
-			}
+		bool stored = false;
 
-			/* append to the earlier buffer and flush */
-			if (cont_len + text_len > sizeof(cont_buf))
-				text_len = sizeof(cont_buf) - cont_len;
-			memcpy(cont_buf + cont_len, text, text_len);
-			cont_len += text_len;
-			log_store(facility, cont_level,
-				  NULL, 0, cont_buf, cont_len);
-			cont_len = 0;
-			cont_task = NULL;
-			printed_len = cont_len;
-		} else {
-			/* ordinary single and terminated line */
-			log_store(facility, level,
-				  dict, dictlen, text, text_len);
-			printed_len = text_len;
+		/*
+		 * If an earlier newline was missing and it was the same task,
+		 * either merge it with the current buffer and flush, or if
+		 * there was a race with interrupts (prefix == true) then just
+		 * flush it out and store this line separately.
+		 */
+		if (cont.len && cont.owner == current) {
+			if (!prefix)
+				stored = cont_add(facility, level, text, text_len);
+			cont_flush();
 		}
+
+		if (!stored)
+			log_store(facility, level, LOG_DEFAULT, 0,
+				  dict, dictlen, text, text_len);
 	}
+	printed_len += text_len;
 
 	/*
 	 * Try to acquire and then immediately release the console semaphore.
@@ -1499,11 +1598,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk);
 #else
 
 #define LOG_LINE_MAX 0
+static struct cont {
+	size_t len;
+	size_t cons;
+	u8 level;
+	bool flushed:1;
+} cont;
 static struct log *log_from_idx(u32 idx) { return NULL; }
 static u32 log_next(u32 idx) { return 0; }
 static void call_console_drivers(int level, const char *text, size_t len) {}
 static size_t msg_print_text(const struct log *msg, bool syslog,
 			     char *buf, size_t size) { return 0; }
+static size_t cont_print_text(char *text, size_t size) { return 0; }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_PRINTK */
 
@@ -1795,6 +1901,7 @@ static u32 console_idx;
  */
 void console_unlock(void)
 {
+	static char text[LOG_LINE_MAX];
 	static u64 seen_seq;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	bool wake_klogd = false;
@@ -1807,10 +1914,23 @@ void console_unlock(void)
 
 	console_may_schedule = 0;
 
+	/* flush buffered message fragment immediately to console */
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+	if (cont.len && (cont.cons < cont.len || cont.flushed)) {
+		size_t len;
+
+		len = cont_print_text(text, sizeof(text));
+		raw_spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock);
+		stop_critical_timings();
+		call_console_drivers(cont.level, text, len);
+		start_critical_timings();
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+	} else
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+
 again:
 	for (;;) {
 		struct log *msg;
-		static char text[LOG_LINE_MAX];
 		size_t len;
 		int level;
 
@@ -1825,13 +1945,22 @@ void console_unlock(void)
 			console_seq = log_first_seq;
 			console_idx = log_first_idx;
 		}
-
+skip:
 		if (console_seq == log_next_seq)
 			break;
 
 		msg = log_from_idx(console_idx);
-		level = msg->level & 7;
+		if (msg->flags & LOG_NOCONS) {
+			/*
+			 * Skip record we have buffered and already printed
+			 * directly to the console when we received it.
+			 */
+			console_idx = log_next(console_idx);
+			console_seq++;
+			goto skip;
+		}
 
+		level = msg->level;
 		len = msg_print_text(msg, false, text, sizeof(text));
 
 		console_idx = log_next(console_idx);