printk: rename nmi.c and exported api
A preparation patch for printk_safe work. No functional change.
- rename nmi.c to print_safe.c
- add `printk_safe' prefix to some (which used both by printk-safe
and printk-nmi) of the exported functions.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161227141611.940-3-sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 223b734..760b7d0 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -875,17 +875,19 @@
13 => 8 KB for each CPU
12 => 4 KB for each CPU
-config NMI_LOG_BUF_SHIFT
- int "Temporary per-CPU NMI log buffer size (12 => 4KB, 13 => 8KB)"
+config PRINTK_SAFE_LOG_BUF_SHIFT
+ int "Temporary per-CPU printk log buffer size (12 => 4KB, 13 => 8KB)"
range 10 21
default 13
- depends on PRINTK_NMI
+ depends on PRINTK
help
- Select the size of a per-CPU buffer where NMI messages are temporary
- stored. They are copied to the main log buffer in a safe context
- to avoid a deadlock. The value defines the size as a power of 2.
+ Select the size of an alternate printk per-CPU buffer where messages
+ printed from usafe contexts are temporary stored. One example would
+ be NMI messages, another one - printk recursion. The messages are
+ copied to the main log buffer in a safe context to avoid a deadlock.
+ The value defines the size as a power of 2.
- NMI messages are rare and limited. The largest one is when
+ Those messages are rare and limited. The largest one is when
a backtrace is printed. It usually fits into 4KB. Select
8KB if you want to be on the safe side.