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Message-ID: <20220620203836.0f323667@thinkpad>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:38:36 +0200
From: Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk/console: Enable console kthreads only when there
is no boot console left
On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:14:27 +0200
Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:
> The console kthreads uncovered several races in console drivers.
> All problems were in situation when a console was being properly
> initialized and registered while an early console, using the same
> port, was being used.
>
> These problems are pretty hard to debug because they often result
> into silent boot crashes. It would be nice to fix them but it
> looks like a can of worms.
>
> Prevent these problems by delaying the use of console kthreads
> after all early consoles are gone. It might later be optimized.
> But let's close this can of worms with a big hammer for now
> so that they do not break first impression on the kthreads
> that solve other real problems.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220619204949.50d9154d@thinkpad
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2a82eae7-a256-f70c-fd82-4e510750906e@samsung.com
> Reported=by: Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
This solves the issue. You have a typo in the reported-by tag
('=' instead of '-').
Tested-by: Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>
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