[GIT PULL] Few printk fixups for 7.4

From: Petr Mladek

Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 05:50:51 EST


Hi Linus,

please pull few printk fixups from

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux.git tags/printk-for-7.4-fixups

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- Prevent possible use-after-free when printk kthreads could not be created

- Fix computation of the free space when allocating a bigger ring buffer

- Add info about the new printk mailing list for printk-related subsystems

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John Ogness (1):
printk: Avoid multiple unregistration in unregister_console_locked()

Petr Mladek (1):
MAINTAINERS: Add new "printk" mailing list for PRINTK, PRINTK INDEXING, and VSPRINTF

Wang Wensheng (1):
printk_ringbuffer: Fix space_used() when blk_lpos->next overflows

MAINTAINERS | 3 +++
kernel/printk/printk.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c | 8 +++-----
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)