Re: [RFC][PATCH] Escaping the arguments of kernel messages for sane user-space localisation

> I have now found what I think is another valid use. What I have done is
> to make xprintf() emit the output directly to the kernel ring-buffer.

Thats nice.

> There is only one very small caveat (that I can see) to be mentioned:
> You can still use multiple printk() calls to append new text to a
> partial message, but you can NOT output several messages in a single
> call. I think, however, that no sanely written code would do this

A quick search suggests otherwise (eg intel_rng)


Alan
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