diagnosing freezes (DRI?)

[Kostik Belousov]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:47:55AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> >deeptech71 at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >>This kernel output really looks bad:
> >>Wai
> >>tSiynngc i(nmga xd is6k0s ,s evcnoonddess)  rfeomra isnyisntge.m. .pr0o 
> >>cess `syncer' to stop...0 done
> >
> >I can't speak to the rest, but this is probably because you have SMP and
> >don't have `options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128' in your kernel config.
> 
> Is there any reason this shouldn't be the default?
> 
> This is becoming an increasingly common FAQ.

The only reason I am aware of is that the buffer is allocated on the
stack. 128 bytes is not so small for our kernel stacks.
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