Re: [prepatches] removal of console_lock

[Manfred Spraul]

> - Major revamp of printk(). The approach taken in printk() is to try 
>   to acquire the (new) console_sem. If we succeed, the output is 
>   placed into the log buffer and is printed to the consoles. If we fail 
>   to acquire the semaphore we just buffer the output in the log buffer 
>   and the current holder of the console_sem will do the printing for us 
>   prior to releasing console_sem. 

Is down_trylock reliable under load?

I remember 2 or 3 bug reports than disappeared after down_trylock was
removed.
The last one was this week.

http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg31919.html

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	Manfred