netdev - Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Move debug printk out of spinlock

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Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:26:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Move debug printk out of spinlock

From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:58:14 -0500

> Move this print statement out of the reset queue spinlock
> in case it sleeps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>

printk does not sleep and can be used in any context, even with
spinlocks held