From: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
To: h3288824963 <3288824963@qq.com>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pmladek@suse.com, senozhatsky@chromium.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
qujingling@huawei.com, zhangjiaji1@huawei.com,
xushuangxing@huawei.com, hujinfei3@huawei.com,
h3288824963 <3288824963@qq.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: printk: Add section about avoiding lockups
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:35:03 +0106 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87341yd79c.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tencent_FB5B7DCFFB10BCDE325397D1202226779D09@qq.com>
On 2026-03-17, h3288824963 <3288824963@qq.com> wrote:
> Add a section 'Avoiding lockups from excessive printk() use' to
> printk-basics.rst, explaining the risk of calling printk() in hot paths
> with legacy consoles and suggesting alternatives.
>
> The section covers:
> - Rate-limited and one-time printing variants
> - Log level filtering
> - printk_deferred() for legacy consoles
> - Porting to nbcon API (preferred solution)
> - Using tracepoints for permanent debugging
>
> This documentation is relevant only for legacy console drivers and
> !PREEMPT_RT kernels.
>
> Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
> Suggested-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: h3288824963 <3288824963@qq.com>
Thanks for addressing my concerns.
Reviewed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-17 11:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-17 10:57 [PATCH v2] Documentation: printk: Add section about avoiding lockups h3288824963
2026-03-17 11:29 ` John Ogness [this message]
2026-03-17 14:41 ` Jonathan Corbet
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