Re: [RFC][PATCHv6 00/12] printk: introduce printing kernel thread

[Tejun Heo]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 07:08:30AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > * Netconsole tries to send out OOM messages and tries memory
> >   allocation which fails which then prints allocation failed messages.
> >   Because this happens while already printing, it just queues the
> >   messages to the buffer.  This repeats.
> 
> What? Does netconsole need to allocate memory when sending? I assume it does not.

A lot of network drivers do, unfortunatley.

Thanks.

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tejun