linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v4 9/9] printk: use a new ringbuffer implementation

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Message-ID: <87mugix1cm.fsf@linutronix.de>
Date:   Fri, 09 Aug 2019 09:08:25 +0200
From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 9/9] printk: use a new ringbuffer implementation

On 2019-08-09, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
>> End result: a DRAM buffer can work, but is not "reliable".
>> Particularly if you turn power on and off, data retention of DRAM is
>> iffy. But it's possible, at least in theory.
>> 
>> So I have a patch that implements a "stupid ring buffer" for thisa
>> case, with absolutely zero data structures (because in the presense of
>> DRAM corruption, all you can get is "hopefully only slightly garbled
>> ASCII".
>
> Note that you can hook this into printk as a fake early serial device;
> just have the serial device write to the DRAM buffer.

Or the other way around, implement a fake console to handle writing the
messages (as they are being emitted from printk) to some special
area. Then the messages would even be pre-processed so that all
meta-data is already in ASCII form.

John Ogness