linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] printk: add cpu id information to printk() output

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Message-ID: <87ttrrlv3b.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de>
Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:00:48 +0206
From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Enlin Mu <enlinmu@...il.com>, Enlin Mu <enlin.mu@...look.com>,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, senozhatsky@...omium.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, tony.luck@...el.com, gpiccoli@...lia.com,
        enlin.mu@...soc.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: add cpu id information to printk() output

On 2023-09-15, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:
> The biggest problem is that it would change the format of the
> ringbuffer so that it would require updating external tools,
> working with crashdump, especially crash but there are also
> alternative python extensions for gdb.

I already have experience updating these external tools. It is
manageable. But I would prefer we had bigger changes to make. Let us not
forget your RFC [0] where you wanted to add similar metadata and
more. We should put all these changes into a single release.

John Ogness

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200923135617.27149-1-pmladek@suse.com