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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c index f5a8bb606f..88e8f3a619 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c @@ -1034,9 +1034,13 @@ static char *data_alloc(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, unsigned int size, unsigned long next_lpos; if (size == 0) { - /* Specify a data-less block. */ - blk_lpos->begin = NO_LPOS; - blk_lpos->next = NO_LPOS; + /* + * Data blocks are not created for empty lines. Instead, the + * reader will recognize these special lpos values and handle + * it appropriately. + */ + blk_lpos->begin = EMPTY_LINE_LPOS; + blk_lpos->next = EMPTY_LINE_LPOS; return NULL; } @@ -1214,10 +1218,18 @@ static const char *get_data(struct prb_data_ring *data_ring, /* Data-less data block description. */ if (BLK_DATALESS(blk_lpos)) { - if (blk_lpos->begin == NO_LPOS && blk_lpos->next == NO_LPOS) { + /* + * Records that are just empty lines are also valid, even + * though they do not have a data block. For such records + * explicitly return empty string data to signify success. + */ + if (blk_lpos->begin == EMPTY_LINE_LPOS && + blk_lpos->next == EMPTY_LINE_LPOS) { *data_size = 0; return ""; } + + /* Data lost, invalid, or otherwise unavailable. */ return NULL; } |