netdev - Re: [PATCH] printk: Warn about dropped messages also on extended consoles

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Message-ID: <20150730150209.GM2673@pathway.suse.cz>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:02:09 +0200
From:	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: Warn about dropped messages also on extended
 consoles

On Thu 2015-07-30 09:39:01, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 01:28:52PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > The commit #6fe29354befe4c ("printk: implement support for extended console
> > drivers") added an extra buffer to format messages for extended consoles.
> > We need to put there also the warning about dropped messages, so it appears
> > on these consoles.
> 
> I don't get it.  Extended messages are all stamped with sequence
> number and the gap in sequence number is a clear sign of missing
> messages.

Grr, I misconfigured netconsole and did not see the extended
information. You are right, the patch is not needed.

Best Regards,
Petr
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