Re: [PATCH printk v4 06/17] printk: nbcon: Introduce printer kthreads

[John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>]

On 2024-08-27, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:
>> +/**
>> + * nbcon_kthread_create - Create a console printer thread
>> + * @con:	Console to operate on
>> + *
>> + * Return:	True if the kthread was started or already exists.
>> + *		Otherwise false and @con must not be registered.
>> + *
>> + * If @con was already registered, it must be unregistered before
>> + * the global state variable @printk_kthreads_running can be set.
>
> This paragraph is quite confusing without more context.

Agreed.

> I would either remove it completely or write something like:
>
> <proposal>
>  * This function is called when nbcon consoles are supposed to be flushed
>  * using the kthread. The messages printed with NBCON_PRIO_NORMAL are not
>  * longer flushed by the legacy loop. This is why the failure is considered
>  * fatal leading to the console unregistration.
> </proposal>

For v5 I am keeping both, slightly modified:

 * This function is called when it will be expected that nbcon consoles are
 * flushed using the kthread. The messages printed with NBCON_PRIO_NORMAL
 * will be no longer flushed by the legacy loop. This is why failure must
 * be fatal for console registration.
 *
 * If @con was already registered and this function fails, @con must be
 * unregistered before the global state variable @printk_kthreads_running
 * can be set.

>> @@ -1419,6 +1644,13 @@ bool nbcon_alloc(struct console *con)
>>  			con_printk(KERN_ERR, con, "failed to allocate printing buffer\n");
>>  			return false;
>>  		}
>> +
>> +		if (printk_kthreads_running) {
>> +			if (!nbcon_kthread_create(con)) {
>> +				kfree(con->pbufs);
>
> It probably is not much important but I would rather do here:
>
> 				con->pbufs = NULL;

Sure.

I'll leave off your Reviewed-by since the comment changes are a bit
different than you suggested.

John