Hi, On (08/24/17 12:39), Boqun Feng wrote: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 02:55:17PM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote: > > On (08/23/17 13:35), Boqun Feng wrote: > > > > 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". > > > > ah... I didn't check __print_lock_name(): it leaves unflushed cont buffer > > upon the return. sorry, your code is correct. > > > > So means printk(KERN_CON "..."); + printk(KERN_CONT "...\n") is a > correct usage, right? well, yes. with one precondition - there should be no printk-s from other CPUs/tasks in between printk(KERN_CON "..."); + printk(KERN_CONT "...\n") ^^^^^ here we can have a preliminary flush and broken cont line. but it's been this way forever. -ss