Re: [PATCH printk 09/18] serial: kgdboc: Lock console list in probe function

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Fri Sep 30 2022 - 04:07:55 EST


On Sat 2022-09-24 02:10:45, John Ogness wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Unprotected list walks are not necessarily safe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

It looks correct in principle. There is still a discussion [1] whether
to introduce console_list_lock() or use the existing console_lock(),
see https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220924000454.3319186-7-john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Depending on the result of the discussion, with either
console_list_lock() or console_lock():

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Petr