linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH printk 3/3] printk: remove dict ring

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Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:59:00 -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>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH printk 3/3] printk: remove dict ring

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 6:16 AM John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> Since there is no code that will ever store anything into the dict
> ring, remove it. If any future dictionary properties are to be
> added, these should be added to the struct printk_info.

Ack. I'm very happy to see the dictionary stuff go. It was one of
those over-designed things in the printk rewrite years and years ago.

              Linus