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authorKay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>2012-05-10 04:30:45 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-05-09 20:35:06 -0700
commit649e6ee33f73ba1c4f2492c6de9aff2254b540cb (patch)
treef7fe1b11f4eb7c306a07a8893980a5d34a0886d9 /lib/Kconfig.debug
parent5c5d5ca51abd728c8de3be43ffd6bb00f977bfcd (diff)
downloadlinux-649e6ee33f73ba1c4f2492c6de9aff2254b540cb.tar.gz
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 <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index ef8192bc0c33..e11934177030 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)"