Re: [PATCH printk v2 3/5] printk: Consolidate console deferred printing

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Thu Jul 13 2023 - 10:51:44 EST


On Mon 2023-07-10 15:51:22, John Ogness wrote:
> Printing to consoles can be deferred for several reasons:
>
> - explicitly with printk_deferred()
> - printk() in NMI context
> - recursive printk() calls
>
> The current implementation is not consistent. For printk_deferred(),
> irq work is scheduled twice. For NMI und recursive, panic CPU
> suppression and caller delays are not properly enforced.
>
> Correct these inconsistencies by consolidating the deferred printing
> code so that vprintk_deferred() is the top-level function for
> deferred printing and vprintk_emit() will perform whichever irq_work
> queueing is appropriate.
>
> Also add kerneldoc for wake_up_klogd() and defer_console_output() to
> clarify their differences and appropriate usage.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Petr