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Revert "printk: add functions to prefer direct printing"
authorPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:51:57 +0000 (16:51 +0200)
committerPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:41:40 +0000 (18:41 +0200)
commit117781580fae49a1bb2e4f43b8c997adae237380
tree603db480323054a0890aab628637fb18d857554e
parent12dfe541e03dafc07a2db37acfb4f4e0e36c2955
Revert "printk: add functions to prefer direct printing"

This reverts commit 8e3d9675561875a04b15a75558432d79c5230d17.

The testing of 5.19 release candidates revealed missing synchronization
between early and regular console functionality.

It would be possible to start the console kthreads later as a workaround.
But it is clear that console lock serialized console drivers between
each other. It opens a big area of possible problems that were not
considered by people involved in the development and review.

printk() is crucial for debugging kernel issues and console output is
very important part of it. The number of consoles is huge and a proper
review would take some time. As a result it need to be reverted for 5.19.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YrBdjVwBOVgLfHyb@alley
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220623145157.21938-7-pmladek@suse.com
drivers/tty/sysrq.c
include/linux/printk.h
kernel/hung_task.c
kernel/panic.c
kernel/printk/printk.c
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
kernel/reboot.c
kernel/watchdog.c
kernel/watchdog_hld.c