Re: [PATCH v3] printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Nov 02 2017 - 23:15:31 EST


On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 23:16:16 +0100
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > + if (spin) {
> > + /* We spin waiting for the owner to release us */
> > + spin_acquire(&console_owner_dep_map, 0, 0, _THIS_IP_);
> > + /* Owner will clear console_waiter on hand off */
> > + while (!READ_ONCE(console_waiter))
>
> This should not be negated, right? We should spin while it's true, not
> false.

Ug, yes. How did that not crash in my tests.

Will fix.

-- Steve