Re: [PATCH 4/4] printk: Add a device attribute for the per-console loglevel

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On (03/04/19 19:10), Calvin Owens wrote:
> On Monday 03/04 at 17:06 +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > On (03/01/19 16:48), Calvin Owens wrote:
> > > +static struct attribute *console_sysfs_attrs[] = {
> > > +	&dev_attr_loglevel.attr,
> > > +	NULL,
> > > +};
> > > +ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(console_sysfs);
> > > +
> > >  static struct bus_type console_subsys = {
> > >  	.name = "console",
> > > +	.dev_groups = console_sysfs_groups,
> > >  };
> > 
> > Do we really need to change this dynamically? Console options are
> > traditionally static (boot param or DT). Can we also be happy with
> > the static per-console loglevel?
> 
> It really does need to be runtime configurable: there are a lot of usecases
> that enables, like turning the fast console up to KERN_DEBUG on a pile of
> machines you want to take a closer look at. The 'kernel.printk' global
> loglevel is also already changable at runtime, and since that setting
> interacts with this one it would be strange if only the former were able
> to be changed.

Fair enough.

	-ss



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