lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <Ye/jhjBaN35L76BF@alley>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:48:22 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] panic: Add panic_in_progress helper

On Fri 2022-01-21 11:02:19, Stephen Brennan wrote:

Please, add explanation why the new helper is added. It will be
used in printk code to reduce risk of deadlocks during panic().

> Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
> ---
> We cannot define a static inline without including linux/atomic.h, so
> I just added a macro for convenience in later patches. Since macros were
> the only option, I didn't include a helper for
> panic_in_progress_different_cpu().

What is the exact problem with including atomic.h and using static
inline, please?

IMHO, the define is not a real solution. The macro won't be usable
without including atomic.h. So, it would work only by chance.

But it is possible that I miss something.

Best Regards,
Petr

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ