Re: [PATCHv2] printk: add console_msg_format command line option

[Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On (12/19/17 10:17), Steven Rostedt wrote:
[..]
> > +	console_msg_format=
> > +			[KNL] Change console messages format
> > +		default
> > +			By default we print messages on consoles in
> > +			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
> > +			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
> > +			`printk_time' param).
> > +		syslog
> > +			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
> > +			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
> > +			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
> > +			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
> > +			from /proc/kmsg.
> 
> Just to clarify. This affects all consoles, not just serial?

yes.

just like printk_time param/config option affects all the consoles,
console_msg_format affects all of them. we msg_print_text() once, that
makes messages look the same on every console. so I kept the existing
behaviour.

[..]
> > +enum con_msg_format {
> > +	MSG_FORMAT_DEFAULT	= 0,
> > +	MSG_FORMAT_SYSLOG	= (1 << 0),
> > +};
> 
> So the con_msg_format will be a flag (as denoted with the (1<<0)).
> Should we call it "con_msg_format_flags" to make it more obvious that
> these are treated as flags and not a simple number.

ok, can do.

[..]
> > +static int __init console_msg_format_setup(char *str)
> > +{
> > +	if (!strncmp(str, "syslog", 6))
> > +		console_msg_format = MSG_FORMAT_SYSLOG;
> > +	if (!strncmp(str, "default", 7))
> 
> You can use strcmp() instead of strncmp(), the init code will nul
> terminate the string for you before calling this function. Otherwise if
> we add "syslog_special" or "default_extra" they will be confused with
> the above.

ok, that's a minor thing, but can change.

	-ss