Re: [PATCH printk v2 4/5] printk: Add per-console suspended state

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Jul 11 2023 - 11:31:06 EST


On (23/07/10 15:51), John Ogness wrote:
> Currently the global @console_suspended is used to determine if
> consoles are in a suspended state. Its primary purpose is to allow
> usage of the console_lock when suspended without causing console
> printing. It is synchronized by the console_lock.
>
> Rather than relying on the console_lock to determine suspended
> state, make it an official per-console state that is set within
> console->flags. This allows the state to be queried via SRCU.
>
> Remove @console_suspended. Console printing will still be avoided
> when suspended because console_is_usable() returns false when
> the new suspended flag is set for that console.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>