From linux/kernel/printk.c, line 720(Lincensed under GPL!)

 /**
 * printk - print a kernel message
 * @fmt: format string
 *
 * This is printk().  It can be called from any context.  We want it to work.

No! I like an empty syslog >_>

_Sometimes_ it happens that I just see the disassembled code sequence
 from the panic, and I know immediately where it's coming from. That's when
 I get worried that I've been doing this for too long ;-)

Linus