2 files changed, 23 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 883cd44ff765..066bb1eddfea 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ extern const char linux_proc_banner[];
  * line that had no enclosing \n). Only to be used by core/arch code
  * during early bootup (a continued line is not SMP-safe otherwise).
  */
-#define KERN_CONT       ""
+#define KERN_CONT       "<c>"
 
 extern int console_printk[];
 
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 5052b5497c67..a87770ce73a2 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -687,20 +687,33 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
                                   sizeof(printk_buf) - printed_len, fmt, args);
 
 
+        p = printk_buf;
+
+        /* Do we have a loglevel in the string? */
+        if (p[0] == '<') {
+                unsigned char c = p[1];
+                if (c && p[2] == '>') {
+                        switch (c) {
+                        case '0' ... '7': /* loglevel */
+                                current_log_level = c - '0';
+                                if (!new_text_line) {
+                                        emit_log_char('\n');
+                                        new_text_line = 1;
+                                }
+                        /* Fallthrough - skip the loglevel */
+                        case 'c': /* KERN_CONT */
+                                p += 3;
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
         /*
          * Copy the output into log_buf.  If the caller didn't provide
          * appropriate log level tags, we insert them here
          */
-        for (p = printk_buf; *p; p++) {
+        for ( ; *p; p++) {
                 if (new_text_line) {
-                        /* If a token, set current_log_level and skip over */
-                        if (p[0] == '<' && p[1] >= '0' && p[1] <= '7' &&
-                            p[2] == '>') {
-                                current_log_level = p[1] - '0';
-                                p += 3;
-                                printed_len -= 3;
-                        }
-
                         /* Always output the token */
                         emit_log_char('<');
                         emit_log_char(current_log_level + '0');