linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv7 4/8] printk: always use deferred printk when flush printk

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Message-ID: <20170206082739.18a47c8e@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 08:27:39 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
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>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 4/8] printk: always use deferred printk when flush
 printk_safe lines

On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 13:16:52 +0100
Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:

 
> > > just in case, the patch (which I prefer to be ignored)  
> > 
> > let's keep printk_safe_flush_line().  
> 
> I do not have strong opinion but I would slightly prefer
> to keep the helper function. The use of printk_deferred()
> is a bit tricky and it is better to have only one copy.
> 
> Steven, could you live with the original patch, please?

Sure, but make it into a static inline.

-- Steve