linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH printk v2 12/38] tty: serial: kgdboc: use console_is

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Date:   Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:51:03 +0106
From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        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>,
        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 12/38] tty: serial: kgdboc: use
 console_is_enabled()

On 2022-11-07, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:
>> /*
>>  * Hold the console_lock to guarantee that no consoles are
>               ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>  * unregistered until the kgdboc_earlycon setup is complete.
>
> My understanding is that this is synchronized by console_list_lock.
> Or do I miss something?

Yes, in the end the comment will say console_list_lock. At this point in
the series, the console_lock is still used. The comment is updated later
(as in patch 34 of the v2 series).

John