Re: [PATCH printk v5 0/8] printk: cleanup buffer handling

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Mon Jan 09 2023 - 10:12:03 EST


On Mon 2023-01-09 11:13:52, John Ogness wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is v5 of a series to cleanup console buffer handling and
> prepare for code sharing with the upcoming threaded/atomic
> consoles. v4 is here [0].
>
> The main purpose of the series is to introduce two new lockless
> functions to handle reading and formatting of printk messages. These
> functions can then be used from any context, which is important for
> the upcoming threaded/atomic consoles. The series also helps to
> cleanup some of the internal printk interfaces and cleanly separate
> formatting code from outputting code.
>
> Changes since v4:
>
> - Make console_prepend_dropped() a NOP for !CONFIG_PRINTK to
> workaround compiler warnings.
>
> - In devkmsg_read() use printk_get_next_message() for the wait
> condition instead of looping to retry the actual read.
>
> - Add an argument @may_suppress to printk_get_next_message() so
> devkmsg_read() can specify that records should not be skipped
> based on loglevel.
>
> John Ogness
>
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230105103735.880956-1-john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> John Ogness (6):
> printk: move size limit macros into internal.h
> printk: introduce struct printk_buffers
> printk: introduce printk_get_next_message() and printk_message
> printk: introduce console_prepend_dropped() for dropped messages
> printk: use printk_buffers for devkmsg
> printk: adjust string limit macros
>
> Thomas Gleixner (2):
> console: Use BIT() macros for @flags values
> console: Document struct console

The series looks ready for linux-next from my POV.

I am going to push it into a new branch rework/buffers-cleanup within
two days or so unless anyone speak against it.

Best Regards,
Petr