[PATCH RT 2/2][RFC] let RCU stall messages escape with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
Frank Rowand
frank.rowand at am.sony.com
Mon Dec 10 14:08:54 EST 2012
On 12/10/12 06:29, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 08:52:21PM -0800, Frank Rowand wrote:
>>
>> The printk()s in RCU stall warnings do not get flushed to the console
>> on ARM. Add the oops_in_progress flag back into the special trylock case in
>> console_trylock_for_printk(), and set the flag using "bust_spinlocks(1)".
>> This allows the printk() output to be flushed to the console.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand at am.sony.com>
>
> Is bust_spinlocks(1) appropriate for all architectures, or should this
> be conditioned on architectures that need oops_in_progress to be set?
>
> Thanx, Paul
Good question. I don't know if the architectures that do not set
oops_in_progress do not need it, or if they just overlooked it.
I'll have to look a little bit deeper.
-Frank
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