linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: android: lowmemorykiller: well-marked debug print

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Date:	Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:08:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
cc:	Dmitry Voytik <dvv.kernel@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: android: lowmemorykiller: well-marked debug
 print

On Fri, 15 Mar 2013, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> > Add "lmk:" prefix to the debug print so it's easier to analyse LMK's
> > debug output:
> > dmesg | grep lmk
> 
> Ick, no, please use the proper interface for this (i.e. pr_fmt).
> 

And I'm sure that mysterious new "lmk:" messages appearing in the kernel 
log will be understood by about 0.00001% of people.
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