linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH printk v2 3/5] printk: Consolidate console deferred printing

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Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:51:33 +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
Subject: Re: [PATCH printk v2 3/5] printk: Consolidate console deferred
 printing

On Mon 2023-07-10 15:51:22, John Ogness wrote:
> Printing to consoles can be deferred for several reasons:
> 
> - explicitly with printk_deferred()
> - printk() in NMI context
> - recursive printk() calls
> 
> The current implementation is not consistent. For printk_deferred(),
> irq work is scheduled twice. For NMI und recursive, panic CPU
> suppression and caller delays are not properly enforced.
> 
> Correct these inconsistencies by consolidating the deferred printing
> code so that vprintk_deferred() is the top-level function for
> deferred printing and vprintk_emit() will perform whichever irq_work
> queueing is appropriate.
> 
> Also add kerneldoc for wake_up_klogd() and defer_console_output() to
> clarify their differences and appropriate usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>

Looks good to me:

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

Best Regards,
Petr