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Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines?

From Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines?
Date 2017-08-28 14:50 +0200
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Hi!

On Mon 2017-08-28 21:21:09, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (08/28/17 19:28), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > On (08/28/17 11:05), Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > In 4.13-rc, printk("foo"); printk("bar"); seems to produce
> > > foo\nbar. That's... quite surprising/unwelcome. What is going on
> > > there? Are timestamps responsible?
> > 
> > well, one thing we know for sure it is not related to this patch set  ;)
> > 
> > 
> > does any of the below patches fix the problem for you?
> > 
> > basically it sets up the rule -- if we don't have LOG_NEWLINE lflags
> > then we enforce LOG_CONT.
> 
> [..]
> 
> > @@ -1670,7 +1670,9 @@ static size_t log_output(int facility, int level, enum log_flags lflags, const c
> >  	 * write from the same process, try to add it to the buffer.
> >  	 */
> >  	if (cont.len) {
> > 		if (cont.owner == current && (lflags & LOG_CONT)) {
> 
> 
> on the other hand... I don't think I like that check at all.
> so I *probably* want to change it to -- !LOG_NEWLINE messages of the
> same loglevel AND from the same task are getting concatenated.
> a message with LOG_NEWLINE flushes the cont buffer.

Looks good to me.

> for example:
> 
>        printk("foo"); printk("foo"); printk("bar\n");

This behaviour is important for me... and this sounds ok.

>        printk("buz"); printk("buz"); printk("buz"); pr_info("INFO msg\n");
>        printk("buz"); printk("buz"); printk("buz"); pr_err("ERR msg\n");
>        printk(KERN_CONT"foo"); printk(KERN_CONT"foo"); printk(KERN_CONT"bar\n");
>        printk(KERN_CONT"foo"); printk(KERN_CONT"foo"); printk(KERN_ERR"bar\n");
>        printk(KERN_CONT"foo"); printk(KERN_ERR"foo err"); printk(KERN_ERR"bar err\n");
>

> 
> for instance,
> 	printk(KERN_ERR"foo err"); printk(KERN_ERR"bar err\n");
> 
> should produce    "foo errbar err\n".    from the same task and of
> the same loglevel, no new line. must be cont messages with a missing
> KERN_CONT. right?

Not sure. Historically it produce foo err<9>bar err\n. Concatening is
probably okay.

> how about something like this?

Umm.. No?

printk(KERN_INFO "foo"); printk(KERN_CONT "bar\n");

should produce "foobar\n", right? Will not your patch insert newline
there?

								Pavel

> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> index fc47863f629c..675febf84dc8 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -1670,10 +1670,9 @@ static size_t log_output(int facility, int level, enum log_flags lflags, const c
>  	 * write from the same process, try to add it to the buffer.
>  	 */
>  	if (cont.len) {
> -		if (cont.owner == current && (lflags & LOG_CONT)) {
> +		if (cont.owner == current && cont.level == level)
>  			if (cont_add(facility, level, lflags, text, text_len))
>  				return text_len;
> -		}
>  		/* Otherwise, make sure it's flushed */
>  		cont_flush();
>  	}
>  

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printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-08-28 11:10 +0200
  Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-28 12:30 +0200
    Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-28 14:30 +0200
      Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-28 14:40 +0200
      Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-08-28 14:50 +0200
        Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-29 15:50 +0200
          Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-08-29 18:40 +0200
          Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-29 19:10 +0200
            Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-29 19:20 +0200
              Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-08-29 22:50 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-29 23:00 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-09-02 08:20 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-09-02 19:10 +0200
              Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-08-30 02:00 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-30 02:00 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-30 03:10 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-08-30 03:20 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-30 03:50 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-08-30 04:00 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-30 04:30 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-08-30 04:40 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-30 04:50 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-08-30 05:00 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-30 07:40 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-09-08 12:20 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-09-05 11:50 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-09-05 12:10 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-09-05 14:30 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-09-05 14:40 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-09-05 16:30 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-09-05 15:50 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-09-06 10:00 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-09-01 15:30 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-09-01 19:40 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-09-01 22:30 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-09-04 07:30 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-09-04 07:50 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-09-05 17:00 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-09-06 04:20 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-09-06 04:40 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-09-04 06:40 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-09-04 07:30 +0200
            Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> - 2017-08-29 19:40 +0200
              Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-29 20:00 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-08-29 20:10 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-30 03:10 +0200
                Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-08-30 03:00 +0200
  Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-29 18:50 +0200
    Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-08-29 19:20 +0200
      Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-29 19:30 +0200
        Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-08-29 19:40 +0200
          Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-29 19:40 +0200
            Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-08-29 19:50 +0200
    Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-08-29 22:30 +0200
      Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> - 2017-09-01 03:50 +0200
        Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-09-01 04:10 +0200
          Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-09-01 09:00 +0200
            Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-09-01 09:30 +0200
        Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-09-01 09:30 +0200
          Re: printk: what is going on with additional newlines? Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-09-01 13:20 +0200

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