linux-kernel - Re: [patch RFC 06/29] printk: Protect [un]register

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Message-ID: <YyHDpP3XcnsII9Yp@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:05:56 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [patch RFC 06/29] printk: Protect [un]register_console() with a
 mutex

On (22/09/11 00:27), Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> Unprotected list walks are a brilliant idea. Especially in the context of
> hotpluggable consoles.

If it crashes on you then "you're holding the computer the wrong way" ;)