linux-kernel - [BUG] Threaded printk breaks early debugging

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:48:18 -0400
From:   Peter Geis <pgwipeout@...il.com>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:ARM/Rockchip SoC..." <linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: [BUG] Threaded printk breaks early debugging

Good Morning,

First, I love this patch from a functional standpoint! However I've
run into an issue debugging early boot issues. Anything that causes
the kernel threading system to die (for example here, a NPE) causes
the boot console to halt before it outputs the error.

Would it be possible to have both a kconfig option and a runtime
option to toggle printk_fallback_preferred_direct()? Currently I've
had to force it at all times while debugging.

Thanks again for this amazing work!

Very Respectfully,
Peter Geis