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

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:31:05 -0700
From:	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] printk: convert byte-buffer to
 variable-length record buffer

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 05:04:22PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
[...]
> > Unlike the old logic, there are no stale pointers handed out to the
> > dumper, if case things get overwritten while a dump is in progress,
> > lines are not truncated or overwritten.
> 
> As no one seems to have responded, care to resend this with a
> signed-off-by so I can queue it up for 3.6?  If people complain, it can
> still go to 3.5, but given that no one is saying anything, I guess no
> one cares...

Well, I do care. Just didn't find time to test it. I'll try to speed
myself up.

Thanks,

-- 
Anton Vorontsov
Email: cbouatmailru@...il.com
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