Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:33:46 -0700 | Subject | Re: POC: Alternative solution: Re: [PATCH 0/4] printk: reimplement LOG_CONT handling |
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On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 4:52 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 2020-08-14 at 15:46 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > This is why I think any discussion that says "people should buffer > > their lines themselves and we should get rid if pr_cont()" is > > fundamentally broken. > > > > Don't go down that hole. I won't take it. It's wrong. > > I don't think it's wrong per se.
It's *absolutely* and 100% wrong.
Yes, any random *user* of pr_cont() can decide to buffer on it's own.
But when the discussion is about printk() - the implementation, not the users - then it's complete and utter BS to talk about trying to get rid of pr_cont().
See the difference?
Linus
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