linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv7 4/8] printk: always use deferred printk when flush printk

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Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 13:16:52 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 4/8] printk: always use deferred printk when flush
 printk_safe lines

On Mon 2017-02-06 11:08:20, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (02/06/17 10:48), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> [..]
> > from many places:
> > 
> >   4x   printk_safe_flush_buffer()
> >   1x   __printk_safe_flush()
> > 
> > 
> > replacing printk_safe_flush_line() with printk_deferred() produces things
> > like these
> > 
> >                printk_deferred("%.*s", end - start, start);
> >                printk_deferred("%.*s", strlen(newline), newline);
> 
> ah... besides we need to cast length argument to "int".

Good point.


> > just in case, the patch (which I prefer to be ignored)
> 
> let's keep printk_safe_flush_line().

I do not have strong opinion but I would slightly prefer
to keep the helper function. The use of printk_deferred()
is a bit tricky and it is better to have only one copy.

Steven, could you live with the original patch, please?

Best Regards,
Petr