linux-kernel - Re: [RFT v5h printk: allow increasing the ring buffer depending on the number of CPUs

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:12:13 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
To:	Petr Mládek <pmladek@...e.cz>
Cc:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>, hpa@...ux.intel.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Arun KS <arunks.linux@...il.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
Subject: Re: [RFT v5h printk: allow increasing the ring buffer depending on
 the number of CPUs

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...e.com> wrote:
> @@ -828,29 +829,68 @@ void log_buf_kexec_setup(void)
>  /* requested log_buf_len from kernel cmdline */
>  static unsigned long __initdata new_log_buf_len;
>
> -/* save requested log_buf_len since it's too early to process it */
> -static int __init log_buf_len_setup(char *str)
> +/*
> + * CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT would be architecture aligned, anything > than it and
> + * a multiple of two of it upkeeps the alignment.
> + */
> +static void __init log_buf_len_align(unsigned size)
>  {
> -       unsigned size = memparse(str, &str);
> -
>         if (size)
>                 size = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
>         if (size > log_buf_len)
>                 new_log_buf_len = size;
> +}
> +
> +/* save requested log_buf_len since it's too early to process it */
> +static int __init log_buf_len_setup(char *str)
> +{
> +       unsigned size = memparse(str, &str);
> +
> +       log_buf_len_align(size);
>
>         return 0;
>  }
>  early_param("log_buf_len", log_buf_len_setup);

This could go as a separate patch first too, which would make the
addition very clean.

  Luis
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