Re: [RFC][PATCHv5 07/13] printk: register syscore notifier

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 8:55:45 AM CEST Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (08/15/17 13:56), Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> [..]
> > > +static int printk_syscore_suspend(void)
> > > +{
> > > +	printk_emergency_begin();
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > 
> > Somebody looking at suspend/resume code paths only will be wondering why
> > you need this, because we should be in the emergency mode already when
> > it is called.
> > 
> > It would be good to add a comment about the kexec context here.
> 
> ok, will add.
> 
> > > +static void printk_syscore_resume(void)
> > > +{
> > > +	printk_emergency_end();
> > > +}
> > 
> > This will turn the emergency mode off during resume before the notifier
> > added by the previous patch AFAICS.  Is this intentional?
> 
> emergency modes can nest. so it's OK to have
> 
> 	printk_emergency_begin()   +1   // on
> 	  printk_emergency_begin()   +1
> 	  printk_emergency_end()     -1
> 	printk_emergency_end()     -1   // off
> 

OK then.

Thanks,
Rafel