On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 01:48:43PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote: > @@ -64,8 +65,10 @@ static int vprintk_nmi(const char *fmt, va_list args) > again: > len = atomic_read(&s->len); > > - if (len >= sizeof(s->buffer)) > + if (len >= sizeof(s->buffer)) { > + atomic_inc(&nmi_message_lost); This should be fine - I think its reasonable to expect that no one is using a spinlock implementation for their atomic ops for this... -- RMK's Patch system: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net.