On (08/23/17 13:35), Boqun Feng wrote: [..] > > > printk(KERN_CONT ");\n"); > > > > KERN_CONT and "\n" should not be together. "\n" flushes the cont > > buffer immediately. > > > > Hmm.. Not quite familiar with printk() stuffs, but I could see several > usages of printk(KERN_CONT "...\n") in kernel. > > Did a bit research myself, and I now think the inappropriate use is to > use a KERN_CONT printk *after* another printk ending with a "\n". Am I > missing some recent changes or rules of KERN_CONT? has been this way for quite some time (if not always). LOG_NEWLINE results in cont_flush(), which log_store() the content of KERN_CONT buffer. if we see that supplied message has no \n then we store it in a dedicated buffer (cont buffer) if (!(lflags & LOG_NEWLINE)) return cont_add(); return log_store(); we flush that buffer (move its content to the kernel log buffer) when we receive a message with a \n or when printk() from another task/context interrupts the current cont line and, thus, forces us to flush. -ss
