linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/11] dynamic_debug: use a single printk() to emit msgs

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Message-ID: <1310746232.7582.47.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:10:32 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc:	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, gregkh@...e.de,
	jim.cromie@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/11] dynamic_debug: use a single printk() to emit msgs

On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 12:04 -0400, Jason Baron wrote:
> but that approach uses 'KERN_CONT'. The point of patch 11/11 is to get rid
> of KERN_CONT, which is racy. 

Not "racy" really, but it can be interleaved
by other threads so using KERN_CONT can make
the output difficult to read.

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