linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk: allow setting DEFAULT_MESSAGE

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Date:	Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:57:38 +1300
From:	Ryan Mallon <ryan@...ewatersys.com>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
CC:	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	olofj@...omium.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: allow setting DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LEVEL via Kconfig

On 01/28/2011 09:53 AM, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 09:45:23AM +1300, Ryan Mallon wrote:
>> Why not make printk prefix messages that have no log level with
>> "[NO_LOG_LEVEL]" or similar? That way the can easily be grepped out, and
>> it provides and incentive for people to fix them :-).
> 
> Because printk("foo"); ... printk("\n"); is legit.

It should be fixed to KERN_CONT should it not?

~Ryan

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