Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] printk: Reduce unnecessary wait times by pr_flush()

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Wed Oct 11 2023 - 08:21:02 EST


On Tue 2023-10-10 13:44:38, John Ogness wrote:
> On 2023-10-10, Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> This is an updated version of the patch
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230929113233.863824-1-john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Changes since v1:
> >>
> >> + Split reduction of the pooling time into separate patch.
> >> + Use jiffies to count the real sleeping time.
> >>
> >> Note that my original POC counted jiffies spent in the entire cycle.
> >> It would count also the time spent by console_lock() and by flushing
> >> the legacy consoles in console_unlock().
> >>
> >> The current version counts only the time spent by msleep(1) aka
> >> the pooling interval.
> >>
> >>
> >> John Ogness (1):
> >> printk: flush consoles before checking progress
> >>
> >> Petr Mladek (1):
> >> printk: Reduce pr_flush() pooling time
> >
> > JFYI, the patchset has been committed into printk/linux.git,
> > branch rework/misc-cleanups.
> >
> > I am going to push it in the next merge window for 6.7.
> > IMHO, the issue is not critical and we are already at 6.6-rc5.
>
> It is a real regression. I think it is important that it goes into
> 6.6. At least the first patch is simple enough and fixes the regression.

Fair enough. I have crated pull request with the 1st patch for
6.6-rc6, see ZSaPGo13Fz9TLUc6@alley.

Note that I rebased the branch rework/misc-cleanups in
printk/linux.git to be able to crate a merge with the 1st patch only.
I am not sure if it could have been done without the rebase.

Best Regards,
Petr