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    printk: use console_trylock() in console_cpu_notify() · 64ca752d
    Sergey Senozhatsky authored
    There is no need to always call blocking console_lock() in
    console_cpu_notify(), it's quite possible that console_sem can
    be locked by other CPU on the system, either already printing
    or soon to begin printing the messages. console_lock() in this
    case can simply block CPU hotplug for unknown period of time
    (console_unlock() is time unbound). Not that hotplug is very
    fast, but still, with other CPUs being online and doing
    printk() console_cpu_notify() can stuck.
    
    Use console_trylock() instead and opt-out if console_sem is
    already acquired from another CPU, since that CPU will do
    the printing for us.
    
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170121104729.8585-1-sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com
    
    
    Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
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