Re: [PATCH printk v2 35/38] tty: tty_io: use console_list_lock for list synchronization

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Oct 20 2022 - 03:44:31 EST


On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 05:01:57PM +0206, John Ogness wrote:
> show_cons_active() uses the console_lock to gather information
> on registered consoles. It requires that no consoles are unregistered
> until it is finished. The console_list_lock should be used because
> list synchronization repsponsibility will be removed from the
> console_lock in a later change.
>
> Note, the console_lock is still needed to stop console printing.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>