linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v3 2/4] printk: do not console_cont

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Date:	Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:58:33 +0100
From:	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...nel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
	Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v3 2/4] printk: do not console_cont_flush() on every
 jump to again

On Sat 2016-01-23 17:15:11, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Every jump to `again' label will call console_cont_flush(),
> which is not really something big -- it just adds one extra
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave/raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore. However, to
> keep the previous behaviour we can call console_cont_flush()
> only when `retry' is false -- which happens once, all jumps
> to `again' label have `retry' set to true.

The patch is correct and restores the original behavior, so

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

But I would personally omit it. We see the cont buffer earlier
without this patch.

Best Regards,
Petr

PS: I will review the other patches tomorrow.