Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Jul 2000 12:02:13 -0700 (PDT) | From | Chris Lattner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH #2] console lock grabbed too early in printk... |
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> Not a deadlock, you are breaking rules. A simple "don't do that" fixes > the deadlock.
> printk takes only kernel-space addresses. Don't expect it to page > anything in for you. That work should be done in your driver, BEFORE > calling printk.
I understand this, but I don't think this is optimal behavior... especially for quick debugging checks. I'll throw together a new patch that will hopefully address some problems...
-Chris
> > In general, don't expect userspace addresses to be available without > help from uaccess.h or map_user_kiobuf... > > Jeff > > > >
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