linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: Replace sdev_printk with printk

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Message-ID: <1522110440.3102.55.camel@wdc.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:27:22 +0000
From:   Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>
To:     "jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "wen.yang99@....com.cn" <wen.yang99@....com.cn>,
        "martin.petersen@...cle.com" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:     "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "jiang.biao2@....com.cn" <jiang.biao2@....com.cn>,
        "zhong.weidong@....com.cn" <zhong.weidong@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: Replace sdev_printk with printk_deferred to avoid

On Thu, 2018-03-08 at 16:50 +0800, Wen Yang wrote:
> This patch replacing the sdev_printk with async printk_deferred can
> avoid task blocking because of the slow serial and unstable disks in
> such senario.

Although I'm not enthusiast about this approach, I haven't been able to come
up with a better solution and the patch itself looks fine to me.

Bart.