linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for-3.5 1/4] kdb: Revive dmesg command

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:38:20 -0700
From:	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-3.5 1/4] kdb: Revive dmesg command

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 04:19:27PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > dmesg command appears to be broken after the printk rework. The old logic
> > in kdb code makes no sense in terms of current printk/logging storage
> > format, and KDB simply hangs forever.
> > 
> > This patch revives the command by switching to kmsg_dumper iterator.
> > 
> > The code is now much more simpler and shorter.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
> 
> This one should me merged into 3.5.1 methinks.  Note that it has been
> merged into mainline without a -stable tag.

Thanks to Linus, it made it into v3.5 release, so I believe there is
no need for -stable.

Cheers,

-- 
Anton Vorontsov
Email: cbouatmailru@...il.com
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