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Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 5/8] sysrq: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe places

From Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 5/8] sysrq: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe places
Date 2017-04-01 02:10 +0200
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Hello,

On (03/31/17 17:37), Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Wed 2017-03-29 18:25:08, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > It's not always possible/safe to wake_up() printk kernel
> > thread from sysrq (theoretically). Thus we better switch
> > printk() to emergency mode in some of the sysrq handlers,
> > which allows us to immediately flush pending kernel message
> > to the console.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
> > Suggested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> 
> It looks like a decent selection. It is pity that some of
> them might produce rather long output and theoretically
> cause a softlookup. But I do not know about a better solution
> at the moment. In each case, it will not be worse than before
> this patchset.

thanks.

this patch will be replaced with a more 'generic' one, which
I posted in reply yo Ye Xiaolong's report.

	-ss

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[RFC][PATCHv2 0/8] printk: introduce printing kernel thread Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 11:30 +0200
  [RFC][PATCHv2 2/8] printk: introduce printing kernel thread Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 11:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 2/8] printk: introduce printing kernel thread Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-04-04 11:10 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 2/8] printk: introduce printing kernel thread Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-04 11:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 2/8] printk: introduce printing kernel thread Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-06 19:20 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 2/8] printk: introduce printing kernel thread Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-07 07:20 +0200
        Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 2/8] printk: introduce printing kernel thread Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-07 09:30 +0200
          Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 2/8] printk: introduce printing kernel thread Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-07 10:20 +0200
            Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 2/8] printk: introduce printing kernel thread Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-07 14:10 +0200
  [RFC][PATCHv2 5/8] sysrq: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe places Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 11:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 5/8] sysrq: switch to printk.emergency mode in  unsafe places Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-03-31 17:40 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 5/8] sysrq: switch to printk.emergency mode in  unsafe places Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-04-01 02:10 +0200
  [RFC][PATCHv2 1/8] printk: move printk_pending out of per-cpu Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 11:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 1/8] printk: move printk_pending out of per-cpu Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-03-31 15:20 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 1/8] printk: move printk_pending out of per-cpu Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-31 15:40 +0200
        Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 1/8] printk: move printk_pending out of per-cpu Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-03 13:30 +0200
          Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 1/8] printk: move printk_pending out of per-cpu Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-04-03 14:50 +0200
  [RFC][PATCHv2 6/8] kexec: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe places Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 11:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 6/8] kexec: switch to printk.emergency mode in  unsafe places Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-03-31 17:40 +0200
  [RFC][PATCHv2 8/8] printk: enable printk offloading Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 11:40 +0200
    Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 04:40 +0200
      Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 06:10 +0200
        Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com> - 2017-03-31 08:50 +0200
          Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 16:50 +0200
            Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4: BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2017-03-31 17:40 +0200
              Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2017-04-03 11:40 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-04-03 12:10 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-06 19:40 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-07 06:50 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-07 09:20 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-07 09:50 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-07 10:20 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-07 14:20 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-07 14:50 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-04-07 16:50 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-04-07 17:20 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-04-07 17:30 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-04-07 17:50 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4: BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2017-04-09 20:30 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 06:50 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-09 12:20 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 07:00 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-04-10 14:00 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-04-07 16:40 +0200
                Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-09 12:00 +0200
              Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-03 13:00 +0200
          Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com> - 2017-04-05 09:40 +0200
            Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:  BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-05 10:50 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 8/8] printk: enable printk offloading Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-04-03 17:50 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 8/8] printk: enable printk offloading Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-04-04 14:30 +0200
  [RFC][PATCHv2 4/8] pm: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe places Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 11:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 4/8] pm: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe  places Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-03-31 17:10 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 4/8] pm: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe  places Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-04-06 19:30 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 4/8] pm: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe  places Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de> - 2017-04-09 13:00 +0200
        Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 4/8] pm: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe  places Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-04-10 14:30 +0200
          Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 4/8] pm: switch to printk.emergency mode in unsafe  places Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 16:40 +0200
  [RFC][PATCHv2 7/8] printk: add printk emergency_mode parameter Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 11:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 7/8] printk: add printk emergency_mode parameter Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-04-03 17:30 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCHv2 7/8] printk: add printk emergency_mode parameter Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-04-04 10:30 +0200

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