On Fri 2018-06-29 10:47:03, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (06/28/18 11:41), Petr Mladek wrote:
> > > 
> > > A side note: This nesting also handles recursive printk-s for us.
> > > 
> > > NMI:
> > >   printk_nmi_enter
> > >   ftrace_dump
> > >    printk_nmi_direct_enter
> > >     vprintk_func
> > >      spin_lock(logbuf_lock)
> > >       vprintk_store
> > >        vsprintf
> > >         WARN_ON
> > >          vprintk_func
> > >           vprintk_nmi
> > 
> > Uff, it seems that the current design is "good" at lest from some
> > points of view.
> 
> yep yep
> 
> > > > +               len = vprintk_store(0, LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT, NULL, 0, fmt, 
> > > > args);
> > > > +               raw_spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock);
> > > > +               defer_console();
> > > > +               return len;
> > > > +       }
> > > 
> > > So, maybe, something a bit better than defer_console().
> > 
> > I am not super happy with the name either. But wakeup_console(),
> > schedule_console(), or queue_console() looked confusing.
> 
> Hmm. defer_console() makes me think that we are dealing with that
> fbcon=nodefer and deferred console takeover thing here.
> 
> 
> So I summon Mr. Rostedt!
> 
> Does schedule_console_output() look bad?
> What about defer_console_output()?

I am fine with both. I slightly prefer defer_console_output()
because I have "schedule" associated with deadlocks in this
code path (context) ;-)

Best Regards,
Petr

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