From bfe8df3d314bddf30758bd738e0087e80964760c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Randy Dunlap Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:23:46 -0700 Subject: slow down printk during boot Optionally add a boot delay after each kernel printk() call, crudely measured in milliseconds, with a maximum delay of 10 seconds per printk. Enable CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY=y and then add (e.g.): "lpj=loops_per_jiffy boot_delay=100" to the kernel command line. It has been useful in cases like "during boot, my machine just reboots or the screen goes black" by slowing down printk, (and adding initcall_debug), we can usually see the last thing that happened before the lights went out which is usually a valuable clue. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: not all architectures implement CONFIG_HZ] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix lots of stuff] [bunk@stusta.de: kernel/printk.c: make 2 variables static] [heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com: fix slow down printk on boot compile error] Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Dave Jones Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/printk.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index 8451dfc..b2b5c3a 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ #include #include #include +#include +#include #include #include #include /* For in_interrupt() */ @@ -162,6 +164,61 @@ out: __setup("log_buf_len=", log_buf_len_setup); +#ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY + +static unsigned int boot_delay; /* msecs delay after each printk during bootup */ +static unsigned long long printk_delay_msec; /* per msec, based on boot_delay */ + +static int __init boot_delay_setup(char *str) +{ + unsigned long lpj; + unsigned long long loops_per_msec; + + lpj = preset_lpj ? preset_lpj : 1000000; /* some guess */ + loops_per_msec = (unsigned long long)lpj / 1000 * HZ; + + get_option(&str, &boot_delay); + if (boot_delay > 10 * 1000) + boot_delay = 0; + + printk_delay_msec = loops_per_msec; + printk(KERN_DEBUG "boot_delay: %u, preset_lpj: %ld, lpj: %lu, " + "HZ: %d, printk_delay_msec: %llu\n", + boot_delay, preset_lpj, lpj, HZ, printk_delay_msec); + return 1; +} +__setup("boot_delay=", boot_delay_setup); + +static void boot_delay_msec(void) +{ + unsigned long long k; + unsigned long timeout; + + if (boot_delay == 0 || system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING) + return; + + k = (unsigned long long)printk_delay_msec * boot_delay; + + timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(boot_delay); + while (k) { + k--; + cpu_relax(); + /* + * use (volatile) jiffies to prevent + * compiler reduction; loop termination via jiffies + * is secondary and may or may not happen. + */ + if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) + break; + touch_nmi_watchdog(); + } +} +#else +static inline void boot_delay_msec(void) +{ +} +#endif + /* * Commands to do_syslog: * @@ -527,6 +584,8 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args) static char printk_buf[1024]; static int log_level_unknown = 1; + boot_delay_msec(); + preempt_disable(); if (unlikely(oops_in_progress) && printk_cpu == smp_processor_id()) /* If a crash is occurring during printk() on this CPU, -- cgit v1.1