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OCI Oracle Linux Instance Shows Warning Message “trace_printk() being used. Allocating extra memory"

edited Jul 4, 2025 7:04AM in Linux

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Applies To:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Oracle Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Some Oracle Linux Instances report the following warning messages frequently in dmesg/console/messages files:

May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>: **********************************************************
May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>: **   NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE   **
May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>: **  **
May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>: ** trace_printk() being used. Allocating extra memory.  **
May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>: **  **
May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>: ** This means that this is a DEBUG kernel  and it is     **
May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>: ** unsafe for production use.                 **
May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>: **  **
May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>: ** If you see this message and you are not debugging    **
May 19 15:00:42 <HOSTNAME>:

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