Re: [PATCH v2] softlockup: serialized softlockup's log

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 2:02 AM <lizhe.67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> If multiple CPUs trigger softlockup at the same time with
> 'softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=0', the softlockup's logs will appear
> staggeredly in dmesg, which will affect the viewing of the logs for
> developer. Since the code path for outputting softlockup logs is not
> a kernel hotspot and the performance requirements for the code are
> not strict, locks are used to serialize the softlockup log output to
> improve the readability of the logs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changelogs:
>
> v1->v2:
> - define the lock outside the scope of function
> - add precondition 'softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=0' in commit message
>
>  kernel/watchdog.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

This seems like a useful improvement to me and the code looks good.

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>