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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.16 kernel/printk.c (per processorinitializationcheck)
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David Mosberger wrote:
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> >>>>> On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 16:52:07 -0200 (BRST), Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br> said:
> 
>   Marcelo> I'm really not willing to apply this kludge...
> 
> Do you agree that it should always be safe to call printk() from C code?

Is it really safe to call this from interrupt handlers?  I can think of cases
where the time required to print can totally mess stuff up...

Chris

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