Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:39:12 +0800 | From | "Antonino A. Daplas" <> | Subject | Re: OpenGL-based framebuffer concepts |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote: >> Console writes are done with the console semaphore held. printk will also >> just write to the log buffer and defer the actual console printing >> for later, by the next or current process that will grab the semaphore. > > Always by the current process which holds console_sem. Leaving the printing > for the next process would be unacceptably too late for printk.
I stand corrected. Thank you.
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