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Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 17:25:23 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: record_printk_text tricks: was: [PATCH v3 3/3] printk: use the
 lockless ringbuffer
Message-ID: <20200625152523.GJ8444@alley>
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On Thu 2020-06-25 14:09:46, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Thu 2020-06-18 16:55:19, John Ogness wrote:
> > Replace the existing ringbuffer usage and implementation with
> > lockless ringbuffer usage. Even though the new ringbuffer does not
> > require locking, all existing locking is left in place. Therefore,
> > this change is purely replacing the underlining ringbuffer.
> 
> > --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > +static size_t record_print_text(struct printk_record *r, bool syslog,
> > +				bool time)

[...]

> > +static size_t get_record_text_size(struct printk_info *info,
> > +				   unsigned int line_count,
> > +				   bool syslog, bool time)
> > +{

Nit: This should get called get_record_print_text_size(). It will make
it more clear that it counts the prefixes added for printing.

Best Regards,
Petr

PS: I have finished review of this 3rd patch. I am going to look at
the 2nd patch the following week if I find the courage ;-)