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From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
To: "Bu, Yitian" <ybu@qti.qualcomm.com>
Cc: "tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"mingo@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix rq->lock vs logbuf_lock unlock race
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:19:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1361355555.10155.14.camel@laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E807E903FE6CBE4D95E420FBFCC273B827522A@nasanexd01h.na.qualcomm.com>

On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 09:38 +0000, Bu, Yitian wrote:
> 
> 2. from printk comment: "This is printk(). It can be called from any
> context. 
> We want it to work. ". I suppose to use printk in any context.

Unfortunately that's not quite possible, rq->lock is really out of
bounds. At one point I tried 'fixing' this but there's a whole bunch of
nasty that's not going to go away.

I've since forgotten most of the details, but aside from logbuf problems
there's a whole host of issues with the console drivers themselves as
well.

If you really want to do this, use early_printk.


  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-20 10:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-18 12:53 [PATCH] Fix rq->lock vs logbuf_lock unlock race Bu, Yitian
2013-02-18 14:17 ` [tip:core/printk] printk: Fix rq-> lock vs logbuf_lock unlock lock inversion tip-bot for Bu, Yitian
2013-02-20  8:45 ` [PATCH] Fix rq->lock vs logbuf_lock unlock race Peter Zijlstra
2013-02-20  9:38   ` Bu, Yitian
2013-02-20 10:19     ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2013-02-20 11:24       ` Bu, Yitian

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