linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] sysrq: use pr_cont

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Date:   Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:03:50 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] sysrq: use pr_cont_t for cont messages

On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 4:26 PM John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> Use the new pr_cont_t mechanism.

This looks actively much worse than the old code.

Don't do this.

Just make pr_cont() do what it used to do.

                 Linus