Re: [PATCH printk v2 22/38] serial: kgdboc: document console_lock usage

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Hi,

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 7:56 AM John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> kgdboc_earlycon_init() uses the console_lock to ensure that no consoles
> are unregistered until the kgdboc_earlycon is setup. This is necessary
> because the trapping of the exit() callback assumes that the exit()
> callback is not called before the trap is setup.
>
> Explicitly document this non-typical console_lock usage.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



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