Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] printk: Add %ptc to safely print a task's comm | | From | Joe Perches <> | | Date | Mon, 16 May 2011 16:56:40 -0700 |
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On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 16:10 -0700, John Stultz wrote: > On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 23:54 +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > > In my attempt to clean up unprotected comm access, I've noticed > > > most comm access is done for printk output. To simplify correct > > > locking in these cases, I've introduced a new %ptc format, > > > which will print the corresponding task's comm. > > > Example use: > > > printk("%ptc: unaligned epc - sending SIGBUS.\n", current); > > > diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c [] > > > +static noinline_for_stack > > Actually, why noinline? Did your previous version have there some > > TASK_COMM_LEN buffer or anything on stack which is not there anymore? > No, I was just following how almost all of the pointer() called > functions were declared. > But with two pointers and a long, I add more then ip6_string() has on > the stack, which uses the same notation. > But I can drop that bit if there's really no need for it.
vsprintf can be recursive, I think you should keep it.
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