Since commit 5c2992ee7f ("printk: remove console flushing special
cases for partial buffered lines") we don't print cont fragments
to the consoles; cont lines are now proper log_buf entries and
there is no "consecutive continuation flag" anymore: we either
have 'c' entries that mark continuation lines without fragments;
or '-' entries that mark normal logbuf entries. There are no '+'
entries anymore.
However, we still have a small leftover - presence of ext_console
drivers disables kernel cont support and we flush each pr_cont()
and store it as a separate log_buf entry. Previously, it worked
because msg_print_ext_header() had that "an optional external merge
of the records" functionality:
if (msg->flags & LOG_CONT)
cont = (prev_flags & LOG_CONT) ? '+' : 'c';
We don't do this as of now, so keep kernel cont always enabled.
Note from pmladek:
The original purpose was to get full information including
the metadata and dictionary via extended console drivers,
see commit 6fe29354be ("printk: implement support
for extended console drivers").
The dictionary probably was the most important part but
it was actually lost:
static void cont_flush(void)
{
[...]
log_store(cont.facility, cont.level, cont.flags, cont.ts_nsec,
NULL, 0, cont.buf, cont.len);
Nobody noticed because the only dictionary user is dev_printk()
and dev_cont() is _not_ defined.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181002023836.4487-2-sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
[pmladek@suse.com: Updated commit message]
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
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