linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] printk: Avoid all wakeups from printk

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2011 17:51:34 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	efault@....de, Arne Jansen <lists@...-jansens.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] printk: Avoid all wakeups from printk


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:
> > Subject: printk: Avoid all wakeups from printk
> > From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> > Date: Wed Jun 08 17:29:59 CEST 2011
> 
> Looks good to me.  Is it working? You said that some early version 
> of this caused problems for Ingo?

Yeah, it locked up during lockup in the middle of a printk and i 
bisected it back to the third (most dangerous) commit - will retry 
this version if Peter thinks it's materially different.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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