linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH printk v2 34/38] serial: kgdboc: use console_list_lock instead of console

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Message-ID: <Y1pZ0Z+vd0igxU6/@alley>
Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:13:37 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH printk v2 34/38] serial: kgdboc: use console_list_lock
 instead of console_lock

On Wed 2022-10-19 17:01:56, John Ogness wrote:
> kgdboc_earlycon_init() uses the console_lock to ensure that no consoles
> are unregistered until the kgdboc_earlycon is setup. The console_list_lock
> should be used instead because list synchronization repsponsibility will
> be removed from the console_lock in a later change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Best Regards,
Petr