Re: [PATCH v5] panic: Avoid the extra noise dmesg

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Mar 01 2019 - 14:29:45 EST


On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 09:54:01 +0100
Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'll put my $0.02 in, and say I like the idea of the patch too.


> > > Thoughts:
> > >
> > > - why do the suppression in vprintk_emit()? Doing it right at entry
> > > to printk() seems cleaner, more explicit?
> >
> > Yes, I put it in printk() in one earlier post, and Petr suggested to
> > put it into vprintk_emit so that it works for all printk() interfaces,
> > like the devkmsg_write -> printk_emit -> vprintk_emit path.
>
> Yes, there are more printk interfaces. The check in vprintk_emit()
> allows to calm down also prink_deferred() and dev_printk().

Agreed.

>
> > > - Other code sites may wish to suppress all printks. Perhaps
> > > `panic_suppress_printk' should just be called `suppress_printk'?
> > Ok, then I'll move the definition from panic.c to printk code.
>
> This change looks fine to me.
>
> Best Regards,
> Petr
>
> PS: I am sorry for the late review. I have spent many days with
> reviewing a proposal of rewrite of printk() internals.

Thanks for doing that, BTW.

-- Steve