linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] printk: add option to print cpu id

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Message-ID: <20120804051608.GB6728@liondog.tnic>
Date:	Sat, 4 Aug 2012 07:16:08 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"Pandita, Vikram" <vikram.pandita@...com>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
	linux-omap <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Venu Byravarasu <vbyravarasu@...dia.com>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	Vimarsh Zutshi <vimarsh.zutshi@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] printk: add option to print cpu id

On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 09:46:15AM -0700, Pandita, Vikram wrote:
> I mostly work with ARM Soc - specifically on OMAP. SMP multi core
> systems in ARM-v7 world started to show up only few years back -
> unlike x86 world.

This is exactly the thing: other SMP vendors have made it so far without
emitting which core is doing what in dmesg.

> ARM systems are a bit unique when it comes to security( read trust
> zone ), and handling of FIQ's. Most of the ARM cortex-A series SoC's
> out there have some kind of affinity to CPU0 being the master. One use
> case has been, it has helped to know with this printk logging, if such
> constraints are honored.
>
> Sometimes, tracking of some lockup cases between cpu's because of bad
> code has also been helpful with this logging support. For now i will
> post v3 of the patch and add arm-list and linux-omap list, and there
> might be users there can benefit.

Right, so if arm people need this thing, why not make it arm-only? I
still fail to see the need for this (... at all, actually).

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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