linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] printk: replace ringbuffer

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Date:   Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:27:40 +0100
From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        lijiang <lijiang@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] printk: replace ringbuffer

On 2020-02-17, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:
> Alternative solution would be to get rid of record_print_text()
> and use record_print_text_inline() everywhere. It will have some
> advantages:
>
>   + _inline() variant will get real testing
>   + no code duplication
>   + saving the extra buffer also in console, sysfs, and devkmsg
>     interface.

In preparation for my v2, I implemented this alternate approach. Rather
than introducing record_print_text_inline(), I changed
record_print_text() to work inline and also it will no longer handle the
counting case. The callers of record_print_text() for counting will now
call the new counting functions. IMHO it is a nice cleanup and also
removes the static printk_record structs for console and syslog.

Thanks.

John Ogness