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SubjectRe: 4.14 backport request for dbdda842fe96f: "printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes"
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 10:59:31AM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
>On Wed 2018-12-12 18:39:42, Daniel Wang wrote:
>> > Additionally, for dbdda842fe96f to work as expected we really
>> need fd5f7cde1b85d4c. Otherwise printk() can schedule under
>> console_sem and console_owner, which will deactivate the "load
>> balance" logic.
>>
>> It looks like fd5f7cde1b85d4c got into 4.14.82 that was released last month.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 6:27 PM Sergey Senozhatsky
>> <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On (12/12/18 16:40), Daniel Wang wrote:
>> > > In case this was buried in previous messages, the commit I'd like to
>> > > get backported to 4.14 is dbdda842fe96f: printk: Add console owner and
>> > > waiter logic to load balance console writes. But another followup
>> > > patch that fixes a bug in that patch is also required. That is
>> > > c14376de3a1b: printk: Wake klogd when passing console_lock owner.
>> >
>> > Additionally, for dbdda842fe96f to work as expected we really
>> > need fd5f7cde1b85d4c. Otherwise printk() can schedule under
>> > console_sem and console_owner, which will deactivate the "load
>> > balance" logic.
>
>To make it clear. Please, make sure that the following commits are
>backported together:
>
>+ dbdda842fe96f8932ba ("printk: Add console owner and waiter
> logic to load balance console writes")
>+ c162d5b4338d72deed6 ("printk: Hide console waiter logic into
> helpers")
>+ fd5f7cde1b85d4c8e09 ("printk: Never set console_may_schedule
> in console_trylock()")
>+ c14376de3a1befa70d9 ("printk: Wake klogd when passing
> console_lock owner")
>
>
>I generated this list from git log using "Fixes:" tag. It seems
>to mention all commits dicussed above.

All 4 queued for 4.14, thank you.

--
Thanks,
Sasha

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