linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] lib/vsprintf: Remove atomic-unsafe support for printk format %pCr

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Date:   Fri, 1 Jun 2018 17:19:05 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        baijiaju1990@...il.com, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>, sboyd@...nel.org,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-serial <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] lib/vsprintf: Remove atomic-unsafe support for
 printk format %pCr

On Fri 2018-06-01 13:47:38, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Fri 2018-06-01 06:00:47, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 4:29 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > <geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:
> > >
> > > This patch series:
> > >   - Changes all existing users of "%pCr" to print the result of
> > >     clk_get_rate() directly, which is safe as they all do this in task
> > >     context only,
> > >   - Removes support for the "%pCr" printk format.
> > 
> > Looks good to me.
> > 
> > What tree will this go through? The normal printk one? Just checking
> > that this doesn't end up falling through the cracks because nobody
> > knows who would take it...
> 
> I will take it via printk.git. There already is bunch of vsprintf
> changes for-4.18.

It is in printk.git, branch for-4.18-vsprintf-pcr-removal now.

Also I have added Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org into the commit messages.

Best Regards,
Petr