linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] Remove syslog prefix in uncompressed oops text

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Message-ID: <516BAECB.8060409@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:09:55 +0530
From:	aruna <aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
CC:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	anton@...ba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] Remove syslog prefix in uncompressed oops text

On Monday 15 April 2013 12:50 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:51:00PM +0530, Aruna Balakrishnaiah wrote:
>> Removal of syslog prefix in the uncompressed oops text will
>> help in capturing more oops data.
> Why does it help? Does this effect any existing tools?
>
> cheers
>

By setting the (2nd) syslog argument of kmsg_dump_get_buffer() to false,
we omit <n> line prefixes and thereby capture more of the printk buffer.

No this should not effect any existing tools.


Regards,
Aruna

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