linux-kernel - [PATCH] init: use pr_cont() when displaying rotator during ramdisk loading.

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Message-Id: <1479991084-26931-1-git-send-email-nicolas.schichan@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:38:04 +0100
From:   Nicolas Schichan <nicolas.schichan@...il.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Nicolas Schichan <nicolas.schichan@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] init: use pr_cont() when displaying rotator during ramdisk loading.

Otherwise each individual rotator char would be printed in a new line:

(...)
[    0.642350] -
[    0.644374] |
[    0.646367] -
(...)

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schichan <nicolas.schichan@...il.com>
---
 init/do_mounts_rd.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index 8a09b32..dd4104c 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ int __init rd_load_image(char *from)
 		sys_write(out_fd, buf, BLOCK_SIZE);
 #if !defined(CONFIG_S390)
 		if (!(i % 16)) {
-			printk("%c\b", rotator[rotate & 0x3]);
+			pr_cont("%c\b", rotator[rotate & 0x3]);
 			rotate++;
 		}
 #endif
-- 
2.7.4