Re: [RFC][PATCHv5 4/7] printk: always use deferred printk when flush printk_safe lines

[Petr Mladek]

On Thu 2016-12-01 22:55:43, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Always use printk_deferred() in printk_safe_flush_line().
> Flushing can be done from NMI or printk_safe contexts (when
> we are in panic), so we can't call console drivers, yet still
> want to store the messages in the logbuf buffer. Therefore we
> use a deferred printk version.

Also this makes it clear that we are storing the messages into
the main logbuffer here. Note that printk() might get redirected
to the per-CPU buffer when this is triggered in panic.

> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Petr