Re: [RFC][PATCH] printk: increase devkmsg write() ratelimit

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Dec 18 2018 - 20:48:31 EST


On (12/18/18 18:47), Borislav Petkov wrote:
> So how much is not strict?
>
> And what happens if you raise that ratelimiting level and the *one* line
> which is most important for debugging an issue

Like you said, for debugging devkmsg=off works just fine. I don't mind
the ratelimiting and want to keep it; I just don't want errors to be
ratelimited.

> All I'm saying is, gradually raising the limit is the wrong approach
> - there will always be a case where something important doesn't get
> logged.

Well, OK.

> What we need is a different solution, maybe what Rostedt proposes or
> so...

Sure, a different approach and idea are welcome. This is RFC thread.

-ss