Since commit 4bcc595ccd80 ("printk: reinstate KERN_CONT for printing continuation lines") the output of counter synchornisation has been split across lines: [ 0.665181] Synchronize counters for CPU 1: [ 0.678578] done. Fix this by using pr_cont, and replace printk with pr_info. Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/sync-r4k.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/sync-r4k.c b/arch/mips/kernel/sync-r4k.c index 4472a7f98577..1df1160b6a47 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/sync-r4k.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/sync-r4k.c @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void synchronise_count_master(int cpu) int i; unsigned long flags; - printk(KERN_INFO "Synchronize counters for CPU %u: ", cpu); + pr_info("Synchronize counters for CPU %u: ", cpu); local_irq_save(flags); @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void synchronise_count_master(int cpu) * count registers were almost certainly out of sync * so no point in alarming people */ - printk("done.\n"); + pr_cont("done.\n"); } void synchronise_count_slave(int cpu) -- 2.7.4