linux-kernel - Re: [printk] fbc14616f4: BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:34:10 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@...el.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [printk]  fbc14616f4:
 BUG:kernel_reboot-without-warning_in_test_stage

On (04/12/17 20:43), Pavel Machek wrote:
[..]
> > when the limit of "number of lines printed" is 0, then no
> > offloading takes place.
> 
> And with "number of lines printed" set to 999999, it will get us
> previous behaviour, right? 

`atomic_print_limit' set to zero disables offloading explicitly.
at the same time, an unreasonably high `atomic_print_limit' value
makes offloading less possible and starting from some value,
basically, disables it implicitly.

	-ss