From: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
To: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH next v2 3/3] printk: remove logbuf_lock, add syslog_lock
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:50:59 +0106 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871rg2oe9g.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X8naJzXN9HtiG3c8@jagdpanzerIV.localdomain>
On 2020-12-04, Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> wrote:
>> +static char *get_printk_count(void)
>
> A nit: I think get_foo() has some sort of special meaning and one
> would expect that there should be put_foo() as well, and that those
> have something to do with the ref counting.
OK. How about:
static char *printk_recursion_counter(void)
?
>> +static bool printk_enter(unsigned long *flags)
>
> This better explicitly state that it disables local IRQs
>
> printk_enter_irqsave()
>
> I'm not very certain that printk_enter/printk_exit are best names:
>
> if (!printk_enter())
> return;
>
> Maybe it can spell out why we couldn't enter printk so the function
> name can contain recursion_limit or something.
printk_recurse_irqsave() ?
I would prefer printk_enter_irqsave() and just add comments that say it
is checking the recursion level. It is only used in one place.
>> +static void printk_exit(unsigned long flags)
>
> This enables local IRQs, so
>
> printk_exit_irqrestore()
Yes, I like that.
John Ogness
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-06 20:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-01 20:53 [PATCH next v2 0/3] printk: remove logbuf_lock John Ogness
2020-12-01 20:53 ` [PATCH next v2 1/3] printk: inline log_output(),log_store() in vprintk_store() John Ogness
2020-12-03 15:57 ` Petr Mladek
2020-12-03 16:25 ` John Ogness
2020-12-04 6:13 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-04 8:26 ` Petr Mladek
2020-12-01 20:53 ` [PATCH next v2 2/3] printk: change @clear_seq to atomic64_t John Ogness
2020-12-04 9:12 ` Petr Mladek
2020-12-06 20:23 ` John Ogness
2020-12-07 9:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-07 10:03 ` John Ogness
2020-12-07 12:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-07 12:56 ` Petr Mladek
2020-12-07 16:46 ` David Laight
2020-12-08 20:34 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-08 22:30 ` John Ogness
2020-12-09 1:04 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-09 8:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-09 9:22 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-09 10:46 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-09 11:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-09 11:28 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-09 12:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-09 8:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-01 20:53 ` [PATCH next v2 3/3] printk: remove logbuf_lock, add syslog_lock John Ogness
2020-12-04 6:41 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-06 20:44 ` John Ogness [this message]
2020-12-04 15:52 ` devkmsg: was " Petr Mladek
2020-12-06 20:51 ` John Ogness
2020-12-07 9:56 ` Petr Mladek
2020-12-04 15:57 ` syslog: was: " Petr Mladek
2020-12-06 21:06 ` John Ogness
2020-12-07 10:01 ` Petr Mladek
2020-12-04 16:10 ` recursion handling: " Petr Mladek
2020-12-05 4:25 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-06 22:08 ` John Ogness
2020-12-05 9:41 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-06 22:17 ` John Ogness
2020-12-06 21:44 ` John Ogness
2020-12-07 11:17 ` Petr Mladek
2020-12-04 16:15 ` vprintk_store: was: " Petr Mladek
2020-12-06 22:30 ` John Ogness
2020-12-07 12:46 ` Petr Mladek
2020-12-04 16:19 ` consoles: " Petr Mladek
2020-12-05 4:39 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2020-12-07 9:50 ` Petr Mladek
2020-12-08 20:51 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
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