LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT default value depends on BASE_SMALL: config LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT default 12 if !BASE_SMALL default 0 if BASE_SMALL But, BASE_SMALL is a config of type int and "!BASE_SMALL" is always evaluated to true whatever is the value of BASE_SMALL. This patch fixes this by using BASE_FULL (type bool) which is equivalent to BASE_SMALL==0. Note: This changes CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT=12 to CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT=0 for BASE_SMALL defconfigs, but that will not be a big impact due to this code in kernel/printk/printk.c: /* by default this will only continue through for large > 64 CPUs */ if (cpu_extra <= __LOG_BUF_LEN / 2) return; Systems using CONFIG_BASE_SMALL and having 64+ CPUs should be quite rare. John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (printk reviewer) wrote: > For printk this will mean that BASE_SMALL systems were probably > previously allocating/using the dynamic ringbuffer and now they will > just continue to use the static ringbuffer. Which is fine and saves > memory (as it should). Signed-off-by: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@xxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMuHMdWm6u1wX7efZQf=2XUAHascps76YQac6rdnQGhc8nop_Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Reported-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/f6856be8-54b7-0fa0-1d17-39632bf29ada@xxxxxxxxxx/ Fixes: 4e244c10eab3 ("kconfig: remove unneeded symbol_empty variable") --- init/Kconfig | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index deda3d14135bb..73efb76f38734 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ config LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT int "CPU kernel log buffer size contribution (13 => 8 KB, 17 => 128KB)" depends on SMP range 0 21 - default 12 if !BASE_SMALL - default 0 if BASE_SMALL + default 12 if BASE_FULL + default 0 depends on PRINTK help This option allows to increase the default ring buffer size -- 2.39.2