linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v6 1/2] printk: Make printk() completely async

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Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:24:35 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v6 1/2] printk: Make printk() completely async

On (03/23/16 11:04), Petr Mladek wrote:
[..]
> 					  if (!need_flush_console)
> 					     schedule()
> 
> 					     # did one unnecessary
> 					     # cycle to get asleep

OK. well, didn't consider it to be a problem, but I'll make it
symmetric:
	we set need_flush_console under logbuf lock,
	we clear it under logbuf lock.

should be simpler.

> PS: If you touch the code, please rename printing_func() to
> printk_kthread_func() to make it more clear what it does.

oh, yes, was going to do it but somehow forgot.

	-ss