Re: [PATCH printk v5 12/30] serial: core: Implement processing in port->lock wrapper

Petr Mladek
2024-05-20T12:22:53Z

On Thu 2024-05-02 23:44:21, John Ogness wrote:
> Currently the port->lock wrappers uart_port_lock(),
> uart_port_unlock() (and their variants) only lock/unlock
> the spin_lock.
>
> If the port is an nbcon console, the wrappers must also
> acquire/release the console and mark the region as unsafe. This
> allows general port->lock synchronization to be synchronized
> with the nbcon console ownership.
>
> Note that __uart_port_using_nbcon() relies on the port->lock
> being held while a console is added and removed from the
> console list (i.e. all uart nbcon drivers *must* take the
> port->lock in their device_lock() callbacks).
>
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

Best Regards,
Petr