> > > 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...
> > Sorry, but the patch is wrong.
> > "buf" is a static variable, defined in line 28 [printk.c]
> However, printk is the only function using it. Why not move it into
> printk? Is 1024 bytes too large for the kernel stack?
Nope, can't reasonably go onto the (very small) kernel stack... :(
> BTW, the variable buf is also declared in other functions. Not so nice.
In patch attempt #2, I just made it a static in printk... hopefully that
will clear up some confusion... :)
-Chris
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