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From: Robert Read <rread@datarithm.net>
To: Ishikawa <ishikawa@yk.rim.or.jp>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel/printk.c: increasing the buffer size to capture devfsd debug messages.
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 11:15:42 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010220111542.A4106@tenchi.datarithm.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A92A99E.2F255CB3@yk.rim.or.jp>
In-Reply-To: <3A92A99E.2F255CB3@yk.rim.or.jp>; from ishikawa@yk.rim.or.jp on Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 02:30:08AM +0900

On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 02:30:08AM +0900, Ishikawa wrote:
> 
> Has anyone tried 128K buffer size in kernel/printk.c
> and still have the kernel boot (without
> hard to notice memory corruption problems  and other subtle bugs)?
> Any hints and tips will be appreciated.

I have used 128k and larger buffer sizes, and I just noticed this
fragment in the RedHat Tux Webserver patch.  It creates a 2MB buffer:

--- linux/kernel/printk.c.orig  Sun Jan 28 20:24:13 2001
+++ linux/kernel/printk.c       Wed Jan 31 23:21:25 2001
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-#define LOG_BUF_LEN    (16384)
+#if CONFIG_TUX_DEBUG
+# define LOG_BUF_LEN   (16384*128)
+#else
+# define LOG_BUF_LEN   (16384)
+#endif
 #define LOG_BUF_MASK   (LOG_BUF_LEN-1)
 
 static char buf[1024];                                                                            


  reply	other threads:[~2001-02-20 19:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-20 17:30 kernel/printk.c: increasing the buffer size to capture devfsd debug messages Ishikawa
2001-02-20 19:15 ` Robert Read [this message]
2001-02-20 19:37   ` Thomas Dodd
2001-02-20 20:17     ` [PATCH] " Robert Read
2001-02-20 20:53       ` Thomas Dodd
2001-02-20 21:03         ` Thomas Dodd
2001-02-20 22:05         ` Robert Read
2001-02-20 22:17           ` [PATCH] configurable printk buffer size Robert Read
2001-02-20 21:27   ` kernel/printk.c: increasing the buffer size to capture devfsd debug messages Ishikawa

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