Re: printk() with a spin-lock held.

[Lee Revell]

On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 15:07 -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Linux-2.6.9 will bug-check and halt if my code executes
> a printk() with a spin-lock held.
> 
> Is this the intended behavior?

Yes.  printk() can sleep.  No sleeping with a spinlock held.

> If so, NotGood(tm).

See above.  If you think you can improve the situation, patches are
welcome, as always.

Lee

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