linux-kernel - Re: printk considered harmful (was: [TECH TOPIC] asynchronous printk)

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Date:   Fri, 4 Nov 2016 03:01:31 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: printk considered harmful (was: [TECH TOPIC] asynchronous printk)

fix a typo

On (11/04/16 02:31), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
[..]
> #4 console semaphore
> discussion outcome:
>   we agreed that we can do better here and that it makes sense to do
				    ^^^^ IOW, console semaphore thing
				    can be improved

>   what's been proposed in my slides. but, I keep it as a low priority.
>   frankly. I'd be happy to see #1-#3 in the mainline in 9-12 months.
				 ^^^^ #1-#2, of course. but #1 consists
				 of 2 steps.

I'm still not entirely sure if I want to split async pintk and printk
deadlock rework. these things want to come together, for a number of
reasons. or, at least, push the async printk before printk deadlock
rework.

	-ss