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SubjectRe: [PATCH printk 10/18] kgbd: Pretend that console list walk is safe
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On 2022-09-30, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:
> Anyway, what about using the later added SRCU walk here?
> After all, this is exactly what RCU is for, isn't it?

So I think a lot of the problems with this series is that SRCU is
introduced too late. We are debating things in patch 6 that are
irrelevant by patch 12.

I will rework the series so that the changes come in the following
order:

1. provide an atomic console_is_enabled()

2. convert the list to SRCU

3. move all iterators from console_lock()/console_trylock() to SRCU

Step 3 may result in console_lock()/console_trylock() calls disappearing
or relocating to where they are needed for non-list-synchronization
purposes.

John

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