linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] printk: convert byte-buffer to variable-length record buffer

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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 22:39:59 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartmann <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] printk: convert byte-buffer to variable-length
 record buffer

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 16:14 -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
>> Is there any difference in any of the cases in terms of how printk's
>> that are prefixed with KERN_CONT versus a printk that does not have
>> any KERN_* prefix?  If so, is there value in keeping KERN_CONT?
>
> As far as I know, no.
>
> It is a useful marker to show where prints
> are actually continued.
>
> #define KERN_CONT ""
>
> would save a small amount of text.

Nah, we can't do that. We need it to tell "here is your non-prefix to
parse, leave the data behind alone".

Kay
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