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authorSergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>2016-12-27 23:16:05 +0900
committerPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>2017-02-08 11:02:33 +0100
commitf92bac3b141b8233e34ddf32d227e12bfba07b48 (patch)
tree6f59d9dacd2b4eaf944e173aee136a6868389ff5 /init/Kconfig
parentbd66a89249892acc9d938ba4956066b21403fa5f (diff)
printk: rename nmi.c and exported api
A preparation patch for printk_safe work. No functional change. - rename nmi.c to print_safe.c - add `printk_safe' prefix to some (which used both by printk-safe and printk-nmi) of the exported functions. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161227141611.940-3-sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 223b734abccd..760b7d0bc9d7 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -875,17 +875,19 @@ config LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT
13 => 8 KB for each CPU
12 => 4 KB for each CPU
-config NMI_LOG_BUF_SHIFT
- int "Temporary per-CPU NMI log buffer size (12 => 4KB, 13 => 8KB)"
+config PRINTK_SAFE_LOG_BUF_SHIFT
+ int "Temporary per-CPU printk log buffer size (12 => 4KB, 13 => 8KB)"
range 10 21
default 13
- depends on PRINTK_NMI
+ depends on PRINTK
help
- Select the size of a per-CPU buffer where NMI messages are temporary
- stored. They are copied to the main log buffer in a safe context
- to avoid a deadlock. The value defines the size as a power of 2.
+ Select the size of an alternate printk per-CPU buffer where messages
+ printed from usafe contexts are temporary stored. One example would
+ be NMI messages, another one - printk recursion. The messages are
+ copied to the main log buffer in a safe context to avoid a deadlock.
+ The value defines the size as a power of 2.
- NMI messages are rare and limited. The largest one is when
+ Those messages are rare and limited. The largest one is when
a backtrace is printed. It usually fits into 4KB. Select
8KB if you want to be on the safe side.