Re: [PATCH] Make printk lock when appropriate...

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Chris Lattner wrote:
>
> Okay, here's an official patch against 2.4.0test2... that moves the lock
> of the console lock to after the vsprintf. It would be nice if this went
> into 2.4.0 final, especially since it's such a trivial change...
>
> -Chris
>
> btw, _no_ you don't need the console lock for vsprintf. :)

but you do need a lock for buf, the target of the vsprintf.

        Jeff

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