Re: [PATCH printk v5 06/30] printk: nbcon: Add callbacks to synchronize with driver

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Fri May 17 2024 - 10:40:28 EST


On Fri 2024-05-17 16:06:30, John Ogness wrote:
> On 2024-05-17, Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > BTW: I wonder if you use AI for generating the commit message.
> > My experience is that AI produces longer fancy sentences
> > which might be good for a novel but they sometimes hide
> > the important details.
>
> I do not know if that is a compliment or an insult.
>
> For the record, I do not use AI. The "long fancy sentences hiding
> important details" are coming from a sober brain... mine.

Ah, take it as a complaint then ;-) Complicated things are just hard
to explain.

> > My attempt of a more strightforwward explanation:
>
> [...]
>
> Your version does not mention why the generic code now needs to use the
> driver-specific locking, but I suppose that does not matter (and only
> adds confusion instead of explanation).

I removed these details on purpose. I think that they will be
easier to understand with the code.

Best Regards,
Petr