Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] printk: Make printing of spin_dump() deferred to avoid a deadlock

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (03/11/16 19:37), Byungchul Park wrote:
[..]
> +static void __spin_dump_deferred(raw_spinlock_t *lock, const char *msg)
> +{
> +     printk_func_t s;
> +
> +     s = this_cpu_read(printk_func);
> +     this_cpu_write(printk_func, vprintk_deferred);
> +
> +     /*
> +      * To change printk_func, it must be in preempt disabled and irq
> +      * disabled. WARN_ON() should be called after the change because
> +      * the default printk_func which may be called from WARN_ON()
> +      * is prohibited in this context.
> +      */
> +     WARN_ON(!preempt_count() || !irqs_disabled());
> +     __spin_dump(lock, msg);
> +
> +     this_cpu_write(printk_func, s);
> +
> +     printk_pending_output();
> +}
>
> +static void spin_dump(raw_spinlock_t *lock, const char *msg)
> +{
> +     if (unlikely(console_sem_spin_is_held()))
> +             __spin_dump_deferred(lock, msg);
> +     else
> +             __spin_dump(lock, msg);
> +}

so can it be

vprintk_emit()
 __spin_dump_deferred()
  vprintk_deferred()
   vprintk_emit()
    __spin_dump_deferred()
     vprintk_deferred()


or am I getting it wrong?

        -ss