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SubjectRe: printk not thread safe, buf is static
Hi!

> The buffer used by printk() is static so, for example, if while printk()
> is running an interrupt will happen and its interrupt handler will use
> printk() too, the first printk() will not run as expected. Maybe this can
> happen also in a SMP machine (in 2.1.x kernel of course).

I think that that is known limitation. What worse can happen?
Corrupted messages? Solve it when it happens.

Pavel

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