Petr Mladek wrote: > Some of these problems would be solved by a custom buffer. > But you are right. There are less guarantees that it would > get flushed or that it can be found in case of troubles. > Now, I am not sure that it is a good idea to use it even > for a single continuous line. > > I wonder if all this is worth the effort, complexity, and risk. > We are talking about cosmetic problems after all. > > Well, what do you think about the extra printed information? > For example: > > <timestamp> <PID> <context> message > > It looks straightforward to me. These information > might be helpful on its own. So, it might be a > win-win solution.
Yes, if buffering multiple lines will not be implemented, I do want printk context identifier field for each line. I think <PID> <context> part will be something like TASK#pid (if outside interrupt) or CPU#cpunum/#irqlevel (if inside interrupt).
