Hello, Here is a series to move dictionary properties (currently only SUBSYSTEM and DEVICE exist) into the meta data of a record, thus eliminating the need for the dict ring. This change affects how the dictionaries are stored, but does not affect how they are presented to userspace. The main purpose of the change is to address concerns [0] about the reliability of dictionary properties as well as allowing to efficiently expand the type and number of properties available [1]. This series is based heavily on the proof of concept [2] from Petr Mladek. (Petr, feel free to add Co-developed-by tags.) The series is based on the printk-rework branch of the printk git tree: f5f022e53b87 ("printk: reimplement log_cont using record extension") John Ogness [0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200904151336.GC20558@alley [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/008801d684f9$43e1c140$cba543c0$@samsung.com [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200911095035.GI3864@alley John Ogness (3): printk: move printk_info into separate array printk: move dictionary keys to dev_printk_info printk: remove dict ring Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/gdbmacros.txt | 73 ++--- drivers/base/core.c | 46 +-- include/linux/dev_printk.h | 8 + include/linux/printk.h | 6 +- kernel/printk/internal.h | 4 +- kernel/printk/printk.c | 209 ++++++------- kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c | 292 ++++++++---------- kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h | 95 ++---- kernel/printk/printk_safe.c | 2 +- scripts/gdb/linux/dmesg.py | 16 +- 10 files changed, 336 insertions(+), 415 deletions(-) -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec