When the SEQ_printf() macro prints to the console, it runs a simple printk() without KERN_CONT "continued" line printing. The result of this is oddly wrapped task info, for example:
% echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger % dmesg ... runnable tasks: ... [ 29.608611] I [ 29.608613] rcu_sched 8 3252.013846 4087 120 [ 29.608614] 0.000000 29.090111 0.000000 [ 29.608615] 0 0 [ 29.608616] / Modify SEQ_printf to use pr_cont() for expected one-line results: % echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger % dmesg ... runnable tasks: ... [ 106.716329] S cpuhp/5 37 2006.315026 14 120 0.000000 0.496893 0.000000 0 0 / Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <[email protected]> --- kernel/sched/debug.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c index 1ca0130ed4f9..50026aa2d81e 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/debug.c +++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if (m) \ seq_printf(m, x); \ else \ - printk(x); \ + pr_cont(x); \ } while (0) /* -- 1.8.3.1
