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From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com>
To: "paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org" <linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"dipankar@in.ibm.com" <dipankar@in.ibm.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT 2/2][RFC] let RCU stall messages escape with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:08:54 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50C63346.8000802@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121210142914.GP2516@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On 12/10/12 06:29, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 08:52:21PM -0800, Frank Rowand wrote:
>>
>> The printk()s in RCU stall warnings do not get flushed to the console
>> on ARM.  Add the oops_in_progress flag back into the special trylock case in
>> console_trylock_for_printk(), and set the flag using "bust_spinlocks(1)".
>> This allows the printk() output to be flushed to the console.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com>
> 
> Is bust_spinlocks(1) appropriate for all architectures, or should this
> be conditioned on architectures that need oops_in_progress to be set?
> 
> 							Thanx, Paul

Good question.  I don't know if the architectures that do not set
oops_in_progress do not need it, or if they just overlooked it.
I'll have to look a little bit deeper.

-Frank


  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-10 19:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-05  4:47 [PATCH RT 0/2][RFC] fix RCU stall warning on ARM Frank Rowand
2012-12-05  4:52 ` [PATCH RT 1/2][RFC] ARM version of arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() Frank Rowand
2012-12-05  4:52 ` [PATCH RT 2/2][RFC] let RCU stall messages escape with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL Frank Rowand
2012-12-10 14:29   ` Paul E. McKenney
2012-12-10 19:08     ` Frank Rowand [this message]
2012-12-05  4:52 ` [PATCH RT 0/2][RFC] fix RCU stall warning on ARM Frank Rowand
2012-12-05  5:05 ` Frank Rowand

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