linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] printk: export pr

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Message-ID: <87h6m7f40n.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:09:04 +0106
From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:     Martin Hundebøll <martin@...nix.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Martin Hundebøll <martin@...nix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] printk: export pr_flush()

On 2023-10-30, Martin Hundebøll <martin@...nix.com> wrote:
> Printk users might want to assure whatever printed has reached its
> destination before continuing. E.g. during the shutdown-procedure, where
> printk-buffers aren't necessarily emptied before the system goes down.

This is reverting:

commit c60ba2d34608 ("printk: Make pr_flush() static")

I agree that it should be exported at some point, but we need to have
outside users.

John Ogness