From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] printk: implement printk_header() and merging printk, take #3 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:36:12 +0900 Message-ID: <47B4FA9C.9080809@gmail.com> References: <12028937731333-git-send-email-htejun@gmail.com> <20080213155701.48871761.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <47B38E13.1060503@gmail.com> <20080213170950.86945835.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <47B398B3.40308@gmail.com> <47B4EFAB.2040102@gmail.com> <20080214182700.a9a706e9.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.226]:45624 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764072AbYBOCgW (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:36:22 -0500 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h31so513079wxd.4 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:36:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20080214182700.a9a706e9.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: jeff@garzik.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, jengelh@computergmbh.de, matthew@wil.cx, randy.dunlap@oracle.com, daniel.ritz-ml@swissonline.ch, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: >>> printk is a special case, I think. It's the primary logging/debugging >>> method which can't fail and as it's mostly interpreted by human beings >>> (and developers in problematic cases), it has different maneuvering room >>> on errors - ie. it's far better to print messages w/o header or proper >>> log level than failing to print, which is quite different requirements >>> from other components. >> Andrew, any more comments or suggestions on how to proceed on this? > > Nope. > >> One >> way or the other, I think this is a problem worth solving. > > There are a lot of such problems ;) So, I guess it's NACK w/o suggested alternatives, right? -- tejun