From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751834AbXCHNqH (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:46:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751818AbXCHNqH (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:46:07 -0500 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:53666 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751834AbXCHNqG (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:46:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:42:00 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Thibaut VARENE Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] make elv_register() output atomic Message-ID: <20070308134200.GI9671@kernel.dk> References: <20070308140608.2b034013@Alucard.r3z0> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070308140608.2b034013@Alucard.r3z0> X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 08 2007, Thibaut VARENE wrote: > Hi, > > Booting 2.6.21-rc3-g45592145 I noticed the following on one of my > machines in the bootlog: > > io scheduler noop registered<6>Time: jiffies clocksource has been installed. > > io scheduler deadline registered (default) > > > Looking at block/elevator.c, it appears that elv_register() uses two > consecutive printks in a non-atomic way, leading to the above glitch. The > attached trivial patch fixes this issue, by using a single printk. Thanks, looks like a good fix! -- Jens Axboe