From: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH printk v2 3/4] printk: Skip unfinalized records in panic
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:59:58 +0206 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v8ax1x6x.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZS_puLYK4TZR12Cx@alley>
On 2023-10-18, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:
> I think about "empty line record" and "records with missing data".
> And I would rename NO_LPOS to EMPTY_LINE_LPOS to make the meaning
> more obvious.
OK.
> Also it would make sense to use 0x2 for EMPTY_LINE_LPOS and
>
> #define FAILED_LPOS 0x1
> #define EMPTY_LINE_LPOS 0x2
> #define DATALESS_LPOS_MASK (FAILED_LPOS | EMPTY_LINE_LPOS)
>
> #define LPOS_DATALESS(lpos) ((lpos) & DATALESS_LPOS_MASK)
The existing debugging tools use bit0 to identify if there is data. Bit1
is really the _reason_ for the missing data. This can be seen in the
definition of LPOS_DATALESS(), but it needs to be documented
better. (Ideally where FAILED_LPOS and EMPTY_LINE_LPOS are defined.)
John
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-23 9:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-13 20:43 [PATCH printk v2 0/4] fix console flushing on panic John Ogness
2023-10-13 20:43 ` [PATCH printk v2 1/4] printk: For @suppress_panic_printk check other panic John Ogness
2023-10-16 13:05 ` Petr Mladek
2023-10-13 20:43 ` [PATCH printk v2 2/4] printk: Add this_cpu_in_panic() John Ogness
2023-10-16 13:14 ` Petr Mladek
2023-10-13 20:43 ` [PATCH printk v2 3/4] printk: Skip unfinalized records in panic John Ogness
2023-10-17 11:27 ` Petr Mladek
2023-10-17 21:25 ` John Ogness
2023-10-18 8:24 ` John Ogness
2023-10-18 13:15 ` Petr Mladek
2023-10-18 12:54 ` Petr Mladek
2023-10-18 13:45 ` John Ogness
2023-10-18 15:27 ` Petr Mladek
2023-10-18 15:50 ` John Ogness
2023-10-19 10:29 ` Petr Mladek
2023-10-18 14:20 ` Petr Mladek
2023-10-23 9:53 ` John Ogness [this message]
2023-10-13 20:43 ` [PATCH printk v2 4/4] printk: Ignore waiter on panic John Ogness
2023-10-18 9:56 ` Petr Mladek
2023-10-23 9:15 ` John Ogness
2023-10-13 20:46 ` [PATCH printk v2 0/4] fix console flushing " John Ogness
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