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Message-ID: <20230718031745.GA955071@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:17:45 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH printk v3 3/7] printk: Keep non-panic-CPUs out of console
 lock

On (23/07/17 21:52), John Ogness wrote:
> 
> When in a panic situation, non-panic CPUs should avoid holding the
> console lock so as not to contend with the panic CPU. This is already
> implemented with abandon_console_lock_in_panic(), which is checked
> after each printed line. However, non-panic CPUs should also avoid
> trying to acquire the console lock during a panic.
> 
> Modify console_trylock() to fail and console_lock() to block() when
> called from a non-panic CPU during a panic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>

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