On (04/18/18 11:10), Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > Calling wake_up_klogd() will grab the rq lock and give us a A-B<->B-A > > > locking order. > > > > wake_up_klogd() uses the lockless irq_work_queue(). So it is actually > > safe. > > I didn't look at the code. OK then we don't need to worry about that.
OK.
> >
> > But the name is confusing. We should rename it.
>
> Yes, I would because the old wake_up_klogd() did do a wakeup. Perhaps
> we should name it: kick_klogd().
Agreed.
-ss
