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

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Apr 11 2023 - 23:08:34 EST


On (23/04/11 22:46), Steven Rostedt 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?

Thanks, would be great if you can pull this in your tree. The MM
patches that Yosry is working on will be posted after the merge
window.