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SubjectRe: [PATCH #2] console lock grabbed too early in printk...
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Chris Lattner writes:
> The sequence of events goes like this:
> 1. printk of args to sys_access
> 2. printk grabs the console lock
> 3. vfprintf is called, but one of the strings (the filename) resides on a
> page that hasn't been materialized yet.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the real bug.

> 4. page fault occurs
> 5. page fault handler runs, maps page
> 6. Page mapping causes printk
> 7. printk causes deadlock as it attempts to grab the console lock that the
> kernel thread already has...

printk is not broken. Your debug code is.
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