printk: Should console related code avoid __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM memory allocations?

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

Hello,

On (07/08/17 22:30), Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hmm... should we consider addressing console_sem problem before
> introducing printing kernel thread and offloading to that kernel
> thread?

printk-kthread addresses a completely different set of problems.

console_sem is hard to fix quickly, because it involves rework of
tty/fbcon/drm/etc/etc/etc sub-systems; printk is the easiest part
here...

	-ss