[Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] printk redesign

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote:
> This assumes timestamps are fine grained enough. I still prefer a
> sequence number in addition.

Guyes, you're overdesigning.

The general old printk subsystem had "continuations". Nobody ever used
them. Nobody. I know, because they were broken, and nobody even
reported it.

Similarly, nobody is going to use sequence numbers and timestamps.
What *is* going to get used is digital cameras to take pictures of a
screen, and "dmesg" output (and no, dmesg will not use those sequence
numbers either, see above).

If those two things aren't the absolutely primary goals, the whole
thing is pointless to even discuss. No amount of cool features,
performance, or theoretical deadlock avoidance matters ONE WHIT
compared to the two things above.

                      Linus