Re: [PATCH 1/4] printk: Introduce per-console loglevel setting

[Calvin Owens]

On Friday 03/08 at 12:10 +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (03/01/19 16:48), Calvin Owens wrote:
> [..]
> >  		msg = log_from_idx(console_idx);
> > -		if (suppress_message_printing(msg->level)) {
> > -			/*
> > -			 * Skip record we have buffered and already printed
> > -			 * directly to the console when we received it, and
> > -			 * record that has level above the console loglevel.
> > -			 */
> > -			console_idx = log_next(console_idx);
> > -			console_seq++;
> > -			goto skip;
> > -		}
> >  
> >  		/* Output to all consoles once old messages replayed. */
> >  		if (unlikely(exclusive_console &&
> > @@ -2405,7 +2402,7 @@ void console_unlock(void)
> >  		console_lock_spinning_enable();
> >  
> >  		stop_critical_timings();	/* don't trace print latency */
> > -		call_console_drivers(ext_text, ext_len, text, len);
> > +		call_console_drivers(ext_text, ext_len, text, len, msg->level);
> >  		start_critical_timings();
> 
> So it seems that now we always format the text and ext message (if
> needed) and only then check if there is at least one console we can
> print that message on.
> 
> Can we iterate the consoles first and check if msg is worth
> the effort (per console suppress_message_printing()) and only
> if it is do all the formatting and call console drivers?

Makes sense, will do.

Thanks,
Calvin
 
> 	-ss