Subject: + printk-flush-conflicting-continuation-line.patch added to -mm tree To: arunks.linux@xxxxxxxxx,arun.ks@xxxxxxxxxxxx,fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx,getarunks@xxxxxxxxx,joe@xxxxxxxxxxx,paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,tj@xxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:57:44 -0800 The patch titled Subject: printk: flush conflicting continuation line has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is printk-flush-conflicting-continuation-line.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/printk-flush-conflicting-continuation-line.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/printk-flush-conflicting-continuation-line.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Arun KS <arunks.linux@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: printk: flush conflicting continuation line An earlier newline was missing and current print is from different task. In this scenario flush the continuation line and store this line seperatly. This patch fix the below scenario of timestamp interleaving, <6>[ 28.154370 ] read_word_reg : reg[0x 3], reg[0x 4] data [0x 642] <6>[ 28.155428 ] uart disconnect <6>[ 31.947341 ] dvfs[cpufreq.c<275>]:plug-in cpu<1> done <4>[ 28.155445 ] UART detached : send switch state 201 <6>[ 32.014112 ] read_reg : reg[0x 3] data[0x21] Signed-off-by: Arun KS <getarunks@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Arun KS <arun.ks@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/printk/printk.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN kernel/printk/printk.c~printk-flush-conflicting-continuation-line kernel/printk/printk.c --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c~printk-flush-conflicting-continuation-line +++ a/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -1600,7 +1600,10 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility if (!(lflags & LOG_PREFIX)) stored = cont_add(facility, level, text, text_len); cont_flush(LOG_NEWLINE); - } + /* Flush conflicting buffer. An earlier newline was missing + * and current print is from different task */ + } else if (cont.len && cont.owner != current) + cont_flush(LOG_NEWLINE); if (!stored) log_store(facility, level, lflags, 0, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from arunks.linux@xxxxxxxxx are printk-flush-conflicting-continuation-line.patch printk-flush-conflicting-continuation-line-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html