Re: [PATCH] scheduler: fix x86 regression in native_sched_clock

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Dec 07 2007 - 05:41:14 EST



* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > - t = printk_clock();
> > + t = cpu_clock(printk_cpu);
> > nanosec_rem = do_div(t, 1000000000);
> > tlen = sprintf(tbuf,
> > "<%c>[%5lu.%06lu] ",
>
> A bit risky - it's quite an expansion of code which no longer can call
> printk.
>
> You might want to take that WARN_ON out of __update_rq_clock() ;)

hm, dont we already detect printk recursions and turn them into a silent
return instead of a hang/crash?

Ingo
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