linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH printk v1 05/13] printk: call boot_delay_msec() in printk

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Date:   Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:59:35 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Cc:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH printk v1 05/13] printk: call boot_delay_msec() in
 printk_delay()

On Tue 2022-02-15 14:58:51, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (22/02/07 20:49), John Ogness wrote:
> > boot_delay_msec() is always called immediately before printk_delay()
> > so just call it from within printk_delay().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
> 
> > -static inline void printk_delay(void)
> > +static inline void printk_delay(int level)
> >  {
> > +	boot_delay_msec(level);
> > +
> >  	if (unlikely(printk_delay_msec)) {
> >  		int m = printk_delay_msec;
> >  
> > @@ -2224,8 +2226,7 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
> >  		in_sched = true;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	boot_delay_msec(level);
> > -	printk_delay();
> > +	printk_delay(level);
> 
> As a side note, I wonder why do boot_delay_msec() and printk_delay()
> touch only NMI watchdog. Shouldn't they also touch softlockup, WQ,
> RCU, etc. watchdogs?

It seems that touch_nmi_watchdog() actually calls touch_softlockup_watchdog()
that calls wq_watchdog_touch().

Best Regards,
Petr