Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-09-22 Thread Jan Kara
On Thu 19-09-13 14:26:27, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 17:46:12 +0200 Jan Kara wrote: > > On Fri 23-08-13 12:58:22, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:48:36 +0200 (CEST) Jiri Kosina > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > We have customers (quite a few of them actually) whi

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-09-19 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 17:46:12 +0200 Jan Kara wrote: > Sorry for a delayed reply. I was on vacation... > > On Fri 23-08-13 12:58:22, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:48:36 +0200 (CEST) Jiri Kosina > > wrote: > > > > > > > We have customers (quite a few of them actually) which

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-09-05 Thread Jan Kara
Sorry for a delayed reply. I was on vacation... On Fri 23-08-13 12:58:22, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:48:36 +0200 (CEST) Jiri Kosina wrote: > > > > > We have customers (quite a few of them actually) which have machines > > > > with > > > > lots of SCSI disks attached (due

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-08-26 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > We have customers (quite a few of them actually) which have machines > > > > with > > > > lots of SCSI disks attached (due to multipath etc.) and during boot when > > > > these disks are discovered and partitions set up quite some printing > > >

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-08-23 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:48:36 +0200 (CEST) Jiri Kosina wrote: > > > We have customers (quite a few of them actually) which have machines > > > with > > > lots of SCSI disks attached (due to multipath etc.) and during boot when > > > these disks are discovered and partitions set up quite some pr

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-08-23 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013, Andrew Morton wrote: > Years of hard experience have taught me: don't muck with printk. It > needs to be robust, simple and to have minimum dependency on both the > calling environment and on correctly functioning kernel components. > printk and NMI are the harshest environm

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-08-23 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013, Andrew Morton wrote: > > We have customers (quite a few of them actually) which have machines with > > lots of SCSI disks attached (due to multipath etc.) and during boot when > > these disks are discovered and partitions set up quite some printing > > happens - multiplied b

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-08-22 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:57:42 +0200 Jan Kara wrote: > On Thu 22-08-13 12:49:13, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Desperately seeking alternatives... > > > > I suppose there's some reason why we can't just make those drivers shut > > up? If the messages are in the log buffer but aren't displayed, > > the

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-08-22 Thread Jan Kara
On Thu 22-08-13 12:49:13, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:59:15 +0200 Jan Kara wrote: > > > On Wed 21-08-13 14:27:23, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:08:28 +0200 Jan Kara wrote: > > > > > > > These patches avoid softlockups when a CPU gets caught in > > > > cons

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-08-22 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:59:15 +0200 Jan Kara wrote: > On Wed 21-08-13 14:27:23, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:08:28 +0200 Jan Kara wrote: > > > > > These patches avoid softlockups when a CPU gets caught in > > > console_unlock() for > > > a long time during heavy printing from

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-08-21 Thread Jan Kara
On Wed 21-08-13 14:27:23, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:08:28 +0200 Jan Kara wrote: > > > These patches avoid softlockups when a CPU gets caught in console_unlock() > > for > > a long time during heavy printing from other CPU. As is discussed in patch > > 3/4 > > it isn't enough

Re: [PATCH 0/4 v6] Avoid softlockups in console_unlock()

2013-08-21 Thread Andrew Morton
On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:08:28 +0200 Jan Kara wrote: > These patches avoid softlockups when a CPU gets caught in console_unlock() for > a long time during heavy printing from other CPU. As is discussed in patch 3/4 > it isn't enough to just silence the watchdog because if CPU spends too long in > c