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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 10:10:57 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load
  balance console writes
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On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 10:03:21 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> +		/*
> +		 * If there is a waiter waiting for us, then pass the
> +		 * rest of the work load over to that waiter.
> +		 */
> +		if (waiter)
> +			break;
> +

And if we are worried about flushing on crashes, we could change this
to:

	if (waiter) {
		if (oops_in_progress)
			waiter = false;
		else
			break;
	}

And keep whoever is printing printing if a crash is happening.

-- Steve

			

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