linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] printk: Userspace format enumeration support

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Message-ID: <YEi47xUFix0Dg1Li@chrisdown.name>
Date:   Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:17:51 +0000
From:   Chris Down <chris@...isdown.name>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] printk: Userspace format enumeration support

Hey Petr,

Chris Down writes:
>    $ head -1 vmlinux; shuf -n 5 vmlinux
>    # <level[,flags]> filename:line function "format"
>    <5> block/blk-settings.c:661 disk_stack_limits "%s: Warning: Device %s is misaligned\n"
>    <4> kernel/trace/trace.c:8296 trace_create_file "Could not create tracefs '%s' entry\n"
>    <6> arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c:144 _hpet_print_config "hpet: %s(%d):\n"
>    <6> init/do_mounts.c:605 prepare_namespace "Waiting for root device %s...\n"
>    <6> drivers/acpi/osl.c:1410 acpi_no_auto_serialize_setup "ACPI: auto-serialization disabled\n"

Regardless of any of the internals, how does this format look to you? I ask 
because the sooner we agree on the format, the sooner I can provide an interim 
version of this patch to internal customers, even if the eventual 
implementation changes a little :-)

Thanks,

Chris