linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] printk: Allocate kernel log buffer earlier

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Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:26:04 -0800
From:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, Robin Holt <holt@....com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] printk: Allocate kernel log buffer earlier

Because I haven't been able to test on a fully configured
system, this might be crucial info to figure out how to
fix this when it happens on a customer system.  Are you
saying this small line is any less important than the
other thousands and thousands of seemingly meaningless
lines?

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
>> +	pr_info("log_buf_len: %d\n", log_buf_len);
>> +	pr_info("early log buf free: %d(%d%%)\n",
>> +		free, (free * 100) / __LOG_BUF_LEN);
> 
> Such debug printks should be removed from the final version of the patch ...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo
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