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Message-ID: <20110426080639.GB806@elte.hu> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:06:39 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> To: Mike Travis <travis@....com> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] printk: Allocate log buffer as early as possible * Mike Travis <travis@....com> wrote: > > On larger systems, information in the kernel log is lost because > there is so much early text printed, that it overflows the static > log buffer before the log_buf_len kernel parameter can be processed, > and a bigger log buffer allocated. > > Distros are relunctant to increase memory usage by increasing the > size of the static log buffer, so minimize the problem by allocating > the new log buffer as early as possible. I think this looks sane in principle and will solve quite a few 'the log buffer got too large' problems which previously resulted in somewhat complex looking printk-reduction patches. Andrew, if you agree with the patches, wanna carry them? Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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