From 649e6ee33f73ba1c4f2492c6de9aff2254b540cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 04:30:45 +0200 Subject: printk() - restore timestamp printing at console output The output of the timestamps got lost with the conversion of the kmsg buffer to records; restore the old behavior. Document, that CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME now only controls the output of the timestamps in the syslog() system call and on the console, and not the recording of the timestamps. Cc: Joe Perches Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Sasha Levin Cc: Ingo Molnar Reported-by: Yinghai Lu Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- lib/Kconfig.debug | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index ef8192bc0c3..e1193417703 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ config PRINTK_TIME bool "Show timing information on printks" depends on PRINTK help - Selecting this option causes timing information to be - included in printk output. This allows you to measure - the interval between kernel operations, including bootup - operations. This is useful for identifying long delays - in kernel startup. Or add printk.time=1 at boot-time. - See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt + Selecting this option causes time stamps of the printk() + messages to be added to the output of the syslog() system + call and at the console. + + The timestamp is always recorded internally, and exported + to /dev/kmsg. This flag just specifies if the timestamp should + be included, not that the timestamp is recorded. + + The behavior is also controlled by the kernel command line + parameter printk.time=1. See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt config DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL int "Default message log level (1-7)" -- cgit v1.2.3