Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753640AbXABReF (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:34:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753665AbXABReF (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:34:05 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:48165 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753640AbXABReE (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:34:04 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:28:46 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Alan Cc: Theodore Tso , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Print sysrq-m messages with KERN_INFO priority Message-ID: <20070102172846.GC7656@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Alan , Theodore Tso , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20061229204247.be66c972.akpm@osdl.org> <20070102043743.GB15718@thunk.org> <20070102103332.46de83bd@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070102103332.46de83bd@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1151 Lines: 27 On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 10:33:32AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 23:37:43 -0500 > Theodore Tso wrote: > > > Is this patch a consistency thing? > > > > The goal of the patch was to avoid filling /var/log/messages huge > > amounts of sysrq text. Some of the sysrq commands, especially sysrq-m > > and sysrq-t emit a truly vast amount of information, and it's not > > really nice to have that filling up /var/log/messages. > > I find it extremely useful that it ends up in /var/log/messages so that I > can review the dump later. Often the first glance through a set of dumps > on things like a process deadlock don't reveal the right information and > you need to go back and look again. Seconded. And with the limited scrollback of the ringbuffer, sometimes looking through the logs is the only way to get the info. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/