Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-25 Thread Petr Mladek
On Tue 2020-08-25 13:38:57, David Laight wrote: > From: Petr Mladek > > Sent: 25 August 2020 14:11 > > > > On Thu 2020-08-20 12:33:23, David Laight wrote: > > > From: Petr Mladek > > > > Sent: 20 August 2020 11:16 > > > ... > > > > Now that I think about it. This is the biggest problem with any

RE: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-25 Thread David Laight
From: Petr Mladek > Sent: 25 August 2020 14:11 > > On Thu 2020-08-20 12:33:23, David Laight wrote: > > From: Petr Mladek > > > Sent: 20 August 2020 11:16 > > ... > > > Now that I think about it. This is the biggest problem with any temporary > > > buffer > > > for pr_cont() lines. I am more and

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-25 Thread Petr Mladek
On Thu 2020-08-20 12:33:23, David Laight wrote: > From: Petr Mladek > > Sent: 20 August 2020 11:16 > ... > > Now that I think about it. This is the biggest problem with any temporary > > buffer > > for pr_cont() lines. I am more and more convinced that we should just > > _keep the current

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-23 Thread Sergey Senozhatsky
On (20/08/20 01:32), John Ogness wrote: > +#define CONT_LINE_MAX LOG_LINE_MAX > +#define CONT_BUF_COUNT 10 > +static char cont_buf[CONT_BUF_COUNT][CONT_LINE_MAX]; > +static DECLARE_BITMAP(cont_buf_map, CONT_BUF_COUNT); > + > +static int get_cont_buf(void) > +{ > + int bit; > + > + do { > +

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-23 Thread Sergey Senozhatsky
On (20/08/20 12:16), Petr Mladek wrote: > Now that I think about it. This is the biggest problem with any temporary > buffer > for pr_cont() lines. I am more and more convinced that we should just > _keep the current behavior_. It is not ideal. But sometimes mixed > messages are always better

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-20 Thread Joe Perches
On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 07:44 +, David Laight wrote: > From: Joe Perches > > Sent: 20 August 2020 01:34 > > > > On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 01:32 +0206, John Ogness wrote: > > > Implement a new buffering mechanism for pr_cont messages. > > > > > > Old mechanism syntax: > > > > > >

RE: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-20 Thread David Laight
From: Petr Mladek > Sent: 20 August 2020 11:16 ... > Now that I think about it. This is the biggest problem with any temporary > buffer > for pr_cont() lines. I am more and more convinced that we should just > _keep the current behavior_. It is not ideal. But sometimes mixed > messages are always

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-20 Thread Petr Mladek
On Thu 2020-08-20 01:32:28, John Ogness wrote: > Implement a new buffering mechanism for pr_cont messages. > > Old mechanism syntax: > > printk(KERN_INFO "text"); > printk(KERN_CONT " continued"); > printk(KERN_CONT "\n"); > > New mechanism syntax: > > pr_cont_t c; > >

RE: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-20 Thread John Ogness
On 2020-08-20, David Laight wrote: >> On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 07:44 +, David Laight wrote: >>> I've no idea how you'd 'size' the number of buffers. >> >> I believe they are static and assume no more than 10 >> simultaneous uses of printk_begin > > What I meant was how you'd work out whether 10

RE: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-20 Thread David Laight
From: Joe Perches > Sent: 20 August 2020 09:00 > > On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 07:44 +, David Laight wrote: > > I've no idea how you'd 'size' the number of buffers. > > I believe they are static and assume no more than 10 > simultaneous uses of printk_begin What I meant was how you'd work out

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-20 Thread Joe Perches
On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 07:44 +, David Laight wrote: > I've no idea how you'd 'size' the number of buffers. I believe they are static and assume no more than 10 simultaneous uses of printk_begin +#define CONT_LINE_MAX LOG_LINE_MAX +#define CONT_BUF_COUNT 10 +static char

RE: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-20 Thread David Laight
From: Joe Perches > Sent: 20 August 2020 01:34 > > On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 01:32 +0206, John Ogness wrote: > > Implement a new buffering mechanism for pr_cont messages. > > > > Old mechanism syntax: > > > > printk(KERN_INFO "text"); > > printk(KERN_CONT " continued"); > >

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] printk: implement pr_cont_t

2020-08-19 Thread Joe Perches
On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 01:32 +0206, John Ogness wrote: > Implement a new buffering mechanism for pr_cont messages. > > Old mechanism syntax: > > printk(KERN_INFO "text"); > printk(KERN_CONT " continued"); > printk(KERN_CONT "\n"); > > New mechanism syntax: > > pr_cont_t c; > >