[PATCH v5 4/4] printk/nmi: flush NMI messages on the system panic

Sergey Senozhatsky sergey.senozhatsky.work at gmail.com
Tue Apr 26 17:34:09 PDT 2016


On (04/26/16 16:21), Petr Mladek wrote:
[..]
> > move printk_nmi_flush_on_panic() to printk.c, and place it next to
> > printk_flush_on_panic() (so we will have two printk "flush-on-panic"
> > functions sitting together). /* printk_nmi_flush() is in printk.h,
> > so it's visible to printk anyway */
> > 
> > it also will let us keep logbuf_lock static, it's a bit too internal
> > to printk to expose it, I think.
> > 
> > IOW, something like this?
> 
> It is rather cosmetic change. I 

oh yes, it is. just to keep similar functionality (flush, zap locks)
in one place (printk).

	-ss



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