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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk/nmi: Prevent deadlock when serializing NMI
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:58:34 +0900
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> wrote:

> Which one of these you'd prefer to see in ftrace_dump():
> 
> - printk_nmi_direct_enter() / printk_nmi_direct_exit()

The above appears to be the most sane.

-- Steve

> - printk_chatty_nmi_enter() / printk_chatty_nmi_exit()
> - printk_large_nmi_enter() / printk_large_nmi_exit()
> - printk_dump_nmi_enter() / printk_dump_nmi_exit()