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Date:   Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:15:19 +0000
From:   "lizhijian@...itsu.com" <lizhijian@...itsu.com>
To:     "paulmck@...nel.org" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        "lizhijian@...itsu.com" <lizhijian@...itsu.com>
CC:     "dave@...olabs.net" <dave@...olabs.net>,
        "josh@...htriplett.org" <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        "rostedt@...dmis.org" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
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        "jiangshanlai@...il.com" <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        "joel@...lfernandes.org" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        "rcu@...r.kernel.org" <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Philip Li <philip.li@...el.com>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] refscale: prevent buffer to pr_alert() being too long



On 25/10/2021 06:56, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>
>>>>    	if (!buf)
>>>>    		return 0;
>>>>    	buf[0] = 0;
>>>> @@ -617,13 +617,15 @@ static u64 process_durations(int n)
>>>>    		if (i % 5 == 0)
>>>>    			strcat(buf, "\n");
>>>> +		if (strlen(buf) > 800) {
>>>> +			pr_alert("%s", buf);
>>> Does the tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-recheck-refscale.sh
>>> script also require changes to handle the partial lines?
Looks it doesn't matter for kvm-recheck-refscale.sh where it will not check these output.


>>>>    		u32 rem;
>>>> @@ -712,9 +711,13 @@ static int main_func(void *arg)
>>>>    		avg = div_u64_rem(result_avg[exp], 1000, &rem);
>>>>    		sprintf(buf1, "%d\t%llu.%03u\n", exp + 1, avg, rem);
>>>>    		strcat(buf, buf1);
>>>> +		if (strlen(buf) > 800) {
>>>> +			pr_alert("%s", buf);
>>>> +			buf[0] = 0;
>>>> +		}
>>>>    	}
>>>> -	SCALEOUT("%s", buf);
>>>> +	pr_alert("%s", buf);
it will not introduce partial lines here, buf  is always ended with '\n'

I have checked the regexp in tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-recheck-refscale.sh
and verify it with the new result, it always works.


Thanks
Zhijian



>>>>    err:
>>>>    	// This will shutdown everything including us.
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.33.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>