linux-kernel - Re: deadlock caused by printk

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Date:	Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:30:29 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	torvalds@...l.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: deadlock caused by printk

Hi,

2011/3/25 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>:
>> One thing you could to is use trace_printk() and use ftrace to debug
>> perf.
>
> That should still work.

I will try it, thanks.

But seems ftrace can't dump out the messages if system hangs, so could
we introduce a smart and simple "printk" which can be used in any
contexts?

thanks,
-- 
Lei Ming
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