Re: [OT] Major Clock Drift

Andi Kleen (freitag@alancoxonachip.com)
12 Feb 2001 11:05:18 +0100


Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> Suppose vesafb did something like this, dropping the printk lock
>
> if(test_and_set_bit(0, &vesafb_lock))
> {
> if(in_interrupt())
> {
> // remember which bit of the dmesg ring to queue
> queued_writes=1;
> return;

Just what happens when you run out of dmesg ring in an interrupt ?

-Andi
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