> On Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:41:15 +0200 (CEST),
> MOLNAR Ingo <mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu> wrote:
> >+extern spinlock_t console_lock;
> >+ * since NMIs dont listen to _any_ locks, we have to be extremely
> >+ * careful not to rely on unsafe variables. The printk might lock
> >+ * up though, so we have to break up console_lock first ...
>
> But it does not break console_lock.
yes, i've been thinking about other locks as well. We need some kind of
runtime registering for static spinlocks and we have to break them all.
Or, like earlier NMI-watchdog patches did, we can halt the whole system
and print out the first oops. (so one has a chance to write it down from
screen)
Ingo
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