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Message-ID: <47B4FA9C.9080809@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:36:12 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	jeff@...zik.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	jengelh@...putergmbh.de, matthew@....cx, randy.dunlap@...cle.com,
	daniel.ritz-ml@...ssonline.ch, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] printk: implement printk_header() and merging printk,
 take #3

Andrew Morton wrote:
>>> printk is a special case, I think.  It's the primary logging/debugging
>>> method which can't fail and as it's mostly interpreted by human beings
>>> (and developers in problematic cases), it has different maneuvering room
>>> on errors - ie. it's far better to print messages w/o header or proper
>>> log level than failing to print, which is quite different requirements
>>> from other components.
>> Andrew, any more comments or suggestions on how to proceed on this?
> 
> Nope.
> 
>>  One
>> way or the other, I think this is a problem worth solving.
> 
> There are a lot of such problems ;)

So, I guess it's NACK w/o suggested alternatives, right?

-- 
tejun
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