Re: [RFC][PATCH] printk: Fixup the nmi printk mess

Petr Mladek
2015-06-26T08:06:21Z

On Thu 2015-06-25 20:14:59, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 05:35:05PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > I have got another idea. We already use a lock to synchronize
> > readers. It might be used to avoid the race and keep the global
> > flush().
> >
> > I played with it, see below. It is based on 2nd Peter's patch
> > where I modified only struct nmi_seq_buf, __printk_nmi_flush(),
> > and vprintk_nmi().
> >
> > It forces the reader to flush everything or nothing. It is less
> > effective than the previous code but much more simple.
> >
> > It seems to work but it is just a proof-of-concept. Also I think that
> > it would be possible to use the normal seq_buf in the end.
>
> Sorry, got side tracked. Yes this looks ok. Want to submit a proper
> patch?

No problem. OK, I will prepare a proper patch the following week if
nothing break my plans ;-)

Thanks for feedback.

Best Regards,
Petr