Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:06:39 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, x86@kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] printk: Allocate log buffer as early as possible
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* Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:

> 
> On larger systems, information in the kernel log is lost because
> there is so much early text printed, that it overflows the static
> log buffer before the log_buf_len kernel parameter can be processed,
> and a bigger log buffer allocated.
> 
> Distros are relunctant to increase memory usage by increasing the
> size of the static log buffer, so minimize the problem by allocating
> the new log buffer as early as possible.

I think this looks sane in principle and will solve quite a few 'the log buffer 
got too large' problems which previously resulted in somewhat complex looking 
printk-reduction patches. Andrew, if you agree with the patches, wanna carry 
them?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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