Re: + panic-avoid-the-extra-noise-dmesg.patch added to -mm tree

On (12/11/18 09:22), Petr Mladek wrote:

I suggested to clear the panic_blinking (or whatever name) in __handle_sysrq(). The idea is that sysrq needs manual intervention. It allows to see the original message before it gets overridden by a potential sysrq-related output.

Ah, indeed. Sounds good.

It assumes that sysrq is the only interesting operation when printk() might be useful at this state.

Agreed. Makes sense.

-ss