linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] printk: Add option to append kernel version to the dict

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2016 06:51:28 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:	Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
	Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>,
	Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
	Geliang Tang <geliangtang@....com>,
	Ivan Delalande <colona@...sta.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] printk: Add option to append kernel version to the
 dict

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:42:57PM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > > what if there is no place left for init_utsname() after
> > > msg_print_ext_header() + msg_print_ext_body()?
> > 
> > It ends up being truncated, like either of the preceeding calls would.
> 
> well, I meant once it's truncated your matching doesn't work anymore.

Given that most of the messages are written minding typical console
widths, whether for editing or outputting, I don't think that's a
practical concern.  We're not talking about appending kilobytes worth
of additional information here.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun