Re: [RFC][PATCH v6 1/2] printk: Make printk() completely async

[Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>]

On Tue 2016-03-22 14:11:06, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Tue 2016-03-22 02:25:29, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > +static void wake_up_klogd_work_func(struct irq_work *irq_work)
> > +{
> > +	int pending = __this_cpu_xchg(printk_pending, 0);
> > +
> > +	if (pending & PRINTK_PENDING_OUTPUT) {
> > +		/* If trylock fails, someone else is doing the printing */
> > +		if (console_trylock())
> > +			console_unlock();
> 
> This is called from IRQ context and thus keeps the original problem
> for printk_deferred(). We should try to
> wake_up_process(printk_kthread) when allowed.
> 
> 	if (pending & PRINTK_PENDING_OUTPUT) {
> 		if (printk_sync || !printk_kthread) {
> 			/* If trylock fails, someone else is printing. */
> 			if (console_trylock())
> 				console_unlock();
> 		} else {
> 			wake_up_process(printk_kthread);
> 		}
> 	}

Ah, this is in the 2nd patch. I am sorry for the noise.

Best Regards,
Petr