Re: [tip:core/printk] ratelimit: Fix/allow use in atomic contexts

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, tip-bot for Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> ratelimit: Fix/allow use in atomic contexts
> 
> I'd like to use printk_ratelimit() in NMI context, but it's not
> robust right now due to spinlock usage in lib/ratelimit.c. If an
> NMI is unlucky enough to hit just that spot we might lock up trying
> to take the spinlock again.
> 
> Fix that by using a trylock variant. If we contend on that lock we
> can genuinely skip the message because the state is just being
> accessed by another CPU (or by this CPU).

Ack to both this and the patch leading up to it. Looks sane and simple.

		Linus
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