linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] printk, tracing: Avoiding unneeded blank lines

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Date:	Fri,  1 Jul 2016 20:44:37 -0300
From:	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
	Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] printk, tracing: Avoiding unneeded blank lines

Printk messages often finish with '\n' to cause a new line.
But as each tracepoint is already printed in a new line,
printk messages that finish with '\n' ends up adding a blank
line to the trace output. For example:

     kworker/0:1-86    [000] d...    46.006949: console: [   46.006946] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 3

     kworker/2:2-374   [002] d...    48.699342: console: [   48.699339] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci

     kworker/2:2-374   [002] d...    49.041450: console: [   49.041448] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=5986, idProduct=0

To avoid unneeded blank lines, this patch checks if the printk
message finishes with '\n', if so, it cut is off the '\n' to
avoid blank lines.

In a patched kernel, the same messages are printed without
extra blank lines. For example:

     kworker/0:4-185   [000] d...    23.641738: console: [   23.641736] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 3
     kworker/0:4-185   [000] d...    24.918703: console: [   24.918700] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
     kworker/0:4-185   [000] d...    25.228308: console: [   25.228306] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=5986, idProduct=02d5


Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
 include/trace/events/printk.h | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/printk.h b/include/trace/events/printk.h
index 542a755..bc9139d29 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/printk.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/printk.h
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ TRACE_EVENT(console,
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
+		/*
+		 * Each trace entry is printed in a new line.
+		 * If the msg finishes with '\n', cut it off
+		 * to avoid blank lines in the trace.
+		 */
+		if ((len > 0) && (text[len-1] == '\n'))
+			len -= 1;
+
 		memcpy(__get_str(msg), text, len);
 		__get_str(msg)[len] = 0;
 	),
-- 
2.7.4