login
Header Space

 
 

Quote: I Thought One Could Place printk Anywhere

January 24, 2008 - 8:56pm
Submitted by Jeremy on January 24, 2008 - 8:56pm.

"I thought that one could place a printk anywhere without worrying. But it seems that it is not wise to place a printk where the runqueue lock is held."

— Steven Rostedt, in a January 23rd, 2008 message on the Linux Kernel mailing list.

Damn.

January 25, 2008 - 8:24am
Anonymous (not verified)

Damn.

:-)() { :-)() } :-) :-)

January 25, 2008 - 8:55pm
Anonymous (not verified)

:-)()
{
:-)()
}

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Worth reading the rest of the thread

January 26, 2008 - 3:27am
Lawrence D'Oliveiro (not verified)

There's a detailed discussion of the problems with that patch, and alternative solutions.

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
speck-geostationary