# Re: patch for common networking error messages

- From: Andi Kleen \<hidden\>
- Date: 2003-06-17 06:56:21 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2003/06/557945
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/lkml/2003/06/557837/t.md

```text
> Actually it already does, to cover the case where an interrupt handler calls
> printk while process-context code is performing a printk.

I don't think it'll work. Both printk and release_console_sem take the logbuf_lock,
which will deadlock if the same CPU already holds it.

It would need to use the usual linux recursive lock hack.

-Andi
```