linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] printk: nbcon: Export console_is

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Message-ID: <84o6tnx2vm.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:22:45 +0206
From: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To: Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@...e.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Steven
 Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Sergey Senozhatsky
 <senozhatsky@...omium.org>, Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
 Daniel Thompson <danielt@...nel.org>, Douglas Anderson
 <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
 Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] printk: nbcon: Export console_is_usage and other
 nbcon symbols

On 2025-07-13, Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@...e.com> wrote:
> Function nbcon_context_try_acquire, nbcon_context_relase and
> console_is_usable are going to be used in the next patch.

The nbcon_context is supposed is not meant to be exposed like this. I
would prefer creating a proper interface rather than having kdb code
directly modifying internal structures. I will provide more details in
the response to the 2nd patch of this series.

John Ogness