Revert "printk: add functions to prefer direct printing"
authorPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:51:57 +0000 (16:51 +0200)
committerPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:41:40 +0000 (18:41 +0200)
commit07a22b61946f0b80065b0ddcc703b715f84355f5
tree603db480323054a0890aab628637fb18d857554e
parent5831788afb17b89c5b531fb60cbd798613ccbb63
Revert "printk: add functions to prefer direct printing"

This reverts commit 2bb2b7b57f81255c13f4395ea911d6bdc70c9fe2.

The testing of 5.19 release candidates revealed missing synchronization
between early and regular console functionality.

It would be possible to start the console kthreads later as a workaround.
But it is clear that console lock serialized console drivers between
each other. It opens a big area of possible problems that were not
considered by people involved in the development and review.

printk() is crucial for debugging kernel issues and console output is
very important part of it. The number of consoles is huge and a proper
review would take some time. As a result it need to be reverted for 5.19.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YrBdjVwBOVgLfHyb@alley
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220623145157.21938-7-pmladek@suse.com
drivers/tty/sysrq.c
include/linux/printk.h
kernel/hung_task.c
kernel/panic.c
kernel/printk/printk.c
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
kernel/reboot.c
kernel/watchdog.c
kernel/watchdog_hld.c