linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] printk: Avoid softlockups in console

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Message-ID: <20130206195135.GA12117@quack.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2013 20:51:35 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, jslaby@...e.cz,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] printk: Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

On Wed 06-02-13 11:26:46, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2013, Jan Kara wrote:
> 
> > On Wed 06-02-13 09:58:48, David Rientjes wrote:
> > > On Wed, 6 Feb 2013, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > 
> > > >   Yes, I noticed that thread just yesterday and also though that using
> > > > similar trick might be viable. I'll experiment if we could use the same
> > > > method for handling lockup problems I hit. Steven seems to have already
> > > > tweaked PRINTK_PENDING stuff to be usable more easily...
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Are these new build failures in linux-next coming from this patch?
> > > 
> > > kernel/printk.c: In function 'console_unlock':
> > > kernel/printk.c:2156:18: error: 'printk_work' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > kernel/printk.c:2156:18: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
> > > kernel/printk.c: At top level:
> > > kernel/printk.c:2167:13: warning: 'printk_worker' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
> >   Yes, I already sent a patch to fix these (attached if you need it).
> > Thanks for notice.
> > 
> 
> I don't see your attached 
> printk-Fixup-compilation-with-CONFIG_PRINTK.patch in -mm nor do I see it 
> on any mailing list.  Regardless,
  Yeah, it was a private mail from kernel compilation testing guys with
Andrew in CC.

> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
  Thanks.

> for wherever Andrew has this stashed away.  Thanks.

									Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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