[PATCH v2] ARM: Add missing newline terminators to kernel messages
Russell King - ARM Linux
linux at armlinux.org.uk
Tue Aug 16 12:13:38 PDT 2016
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 03:40:32PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> ---
> Before commit 874f9c7da9a4acbc ("printk: create pr_<level> functions"),
> pr_*() calls without a trailing newline characters would be printed with
> a newline character appended, both on the console and in the output of
> the dmesg command.
>
> After that commit, no new line character is appended, and the output of
> the next pr_*() call of the same type may be appended:
>
> - Truncating RAM at 0x0000000040000000-0x00000000c0000000 to -0x0000000070000000
> - Ignoring RAM at 0x0000000200000000-0x0000000240000000 (!CONFIG_HIGHMEM)
> + Truncating RAM at 0x0000000040000000-0x00000000c0000000 to -0x0000000070000000Ignoring RAM at 0x0000000200000000-0x0000000240000000 (!CONFIG_HIGHMEM)
>
> and:
>
> -No ATAGs?
> -hw-breakpoint: found 5 (+1 reserved) breakpoint and 4 watchpoint registers.
> +No ATAGs?hw-breakpoint: found 5 (+1 reserved) breakpoint and 4 watchpoint registers.
>
> While this commit has been reverted in commit a0cba2179ea4c182 ("Revert
> "printk: create pr_<level> functions""), it's still good practice to
> terminate kernel messages with newlines.
Shouldn't that be above the "---" line?
Other than that, patch looks fine, thanks.
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