On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 12:55 PM Petr Mladek <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue 2020-08-11 11:29:24, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > Commit f17a32e97e (let LOG_BUF_SHIFT default to 17) from 2008 was the
> > last time, the the default log buffer size bump was increased.
> >
> > Machines have evolved, and on current hardware, enough memory is
> > present, and some devices have over 200 PCI devices, like a two socket
> > Skylake-E server, resulting a lot of lines.
> >
> > Therefore, increase the default from 128 KB to 512 KB. Anyone, with
> > limited memory, can still lower it.
> >
> > --- a/init/Kconfig
> > +++ b/init/Kconfig
> > @@ -681,9 +681,9 @@ config IKHEADERS
> > kheaders.ko is built which can be loaded on-demand to get access to
> > headers.
> >
> > config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
> > - int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)"
> > + int "Kernel log buffer size (17 => 128KB, 19 => 512KB)"
> > range 12 25
> > - default 17
> > + default 19
> > depends on PRINTK
> > help
> > Select the minimal kernel log buffer size as a power of 2.
>
> Honestly, I do not have experience with changing the defaults. People
> hacking small devices might complain. Well, this can be solved
> by increasing the default only when BASE_FULL is set.
>
> I am personally fine with increasing the default when BASE_FULL
> is set. The amount of messages is growing over time because of
> increasing complexity of both the hardware and software.
> Fortunately also the amount of available memory is growing.
Note that making this change means that some of the embedded
defconfigs may need to gain a CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=17
line...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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