Re: [PATCHv2] seq_buf: add seq_buf_do_printk() helper

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Apr 11 2023 - 22:47:00 EST


On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 23:38:52 +0900
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sometimes we use seq_buf to format a string buffer, which
> we then pass to printk(). However, in certain situations
> the seq_buf string buffer can get too big, exceeding the
> PRINTKRB_RECORD_MAX bytes limit, and causing printk() to
> truncate the string.
>
> Add a new seq_buf helper. This helper prints the seq_buf
> string buffer line by line, using \n as a delimiter,
> rather than passing the whole string buffer to printk()
> at once.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me. Want me to pull this in my tree, or do you have
patches dependent on this?

-- Steve