Re: [PATCH v3] printk: allow increasing the ring buffer depending on the number of CPUs

From: Davidlohr Bueso
Date: Fri Jun 13 2014 - 17:42:12 EST


On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 11:28 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> + /*
> + * If you set log_buf_len=n kernel parameter LOG_CPU_MIN_BUF_SHIFT will
> + * be ignored. LOG_CPU_MIN_BUF_SHIFT is a proactive measure for large
> + * systems. With a LOG_BUF_SHIFT of 18 and LOG_CPU_MIN_BUF_SHIFT 12 at
> + * we'd require more than 64 CPUs to trigger an increase from the
> + * default.
> + */
> + if (!new_log_buf_len && (cpu_extra > __LOG_BUF_LEN / 2))
^ that ! looks wrong. We should be checking for log_buf_len set instead.

> + new_log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN + cpu_extra;

You could also move the whole thing below the return statement, that way
we can avoid double checking new_log_buf_len. Otherwise looks kinda
weird.
>
> if (!new_log_buf_len)
> return;

Thanks,
Davidlohr

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