linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk: Revert the buffered-printk() changes for now

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Message-ID: <20120706110454.GD19552@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2012 13:04:54 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: Revert the buffered-printk() changes for now


* Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2012-06-27 at 07:52 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > what is left are over 50,000 
> > call sites of bragging and debugging code, occasionally massaged 
> > to be somewhat user friendly.
> 
> Bragging.  Silly.  A _very_ small percent of
> printks are "look at me" messages so I think that's
> a ridiculously poor argument.
> 
> Most of the printks are announcement and error
> logging notifications.

As I said, 'bragging and debugging code'.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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