linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH printk v6 00/17] add threaded printing + the rest

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Message-ID: <87ed5za2oj.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:01:40 +0206
From: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>, Steven Rostedt
 <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby
 <jirislaby@...nel.org>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH printk v6 00/17] add threaded printing + the rest

On 2024-09-04, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:
> JFYI, the patchset has been committed into printk/linux.git,
> branch rework/threaded-printk.

Thanks!

> I am not completely sure if we add this early enough for 6.12.
> On one hand, the patchset should not change the handling of legacy
> consoles and it does not add any nbcon console. But it touches
> many code paths where we decide how to flush the consoles
> and could imagine doing "ugly" mistakes there.
>
> OK, let's see how it works in linux-next in the following days.
> There is still time to catch problems and make the decision.

I just don't think there are many real users of linux-next. The code
leading to the 5.19 revert sat in linux-next for a long time and no one
noticed anything. It wasn't until the 5.19-rc's started coming out that
real testing (and bug reporting) occurred.

I think linux-next is great for the kernel robots to work their magic,
but I don't know if having something in linux-next for 6 weeks is any
better than only 2 weeks.

John