pr_crit(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for pr_crit(9) — we're talking critical-level messages, and the vibe is very “important group-chat announcement.” 💅

💥 NAME

pr_crit — Print a critical-level message

✨ SYNOPSIS

pr_crit (fmt , ... );

🎀 ARGUMENTS

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION

okay so here’s the tea: this macro expands to a printk with KERN_CRIT loglevel. It uses pr_fmt to generate the format string. That’s the whole critical-level moment, bestie. 💥

🔥 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_err(9)
• pr_warn(9)
• pr_notice(9)
• pr_info(9)
• pr_cont(9)
• pr_devel(9)
• pr_debug(9)
• print_hex_dump_bytes(9)

source/version: ./include/linux · date: October 2026 · page: pr_crit(9) — mwah, bestie, go log something critical 💋✨