pr_cont(9)

pr_cont(9) 💅✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for pr_cont(9) — she’s the little macro that continues a previous log message in the same line. no cap. 🎀

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💖 NAME 💖

pr_cont — Continues a previous log message in the same line. periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pr_cont (fmt , ... );

it’s giving “short, sweet, and absolutely iconic” 🦋

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fmt — format string
• ... — arguments for the format string

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This macro expands to a printk with KERN_CONT loglevel. It should only be used when continuing a log message with no newline ('0) enclosed. Otherwise it defaults back to KERN_DEFAULT loglevel.

bestie, listen: that “only” is not decorative 💀 use it when you’re continuing a previous log message, and remember that otherwise it defaults back to KERN_DEFAULT loglevel.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./include/linux/printk.h

• printk_cpu_sync_get_irqsave(9)
• printk_cpu_sync_put_irqrestore(9)
• pr_fmt(9)
• printk(9)
• pr_emerg(9)
• pr_alert(9)
• pr_crit(9)
• pr_err(9)
• pr_warn(9)
• pr_notice(9)
• pr_info(9)
• pr_devel(9)
• pr_debug(9)
• print_hex_dump_bytes(9)

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mwah 💋 cute little source/version/date check: this page is from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and yes bestie, it’s literally pr_cont(9) again. byeeee 👑🌈💅