printk: boot_delay should only affect output
The boot_delay parameter affects all printk(), even if the log level
prevents visible output from the call. It results in delays greater than
the user intended without purpose.
This patch changes the behaviour of boot_delay to only delay output.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooks <acooks@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 22e070f..19c0d7b 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -747,6 +747,21 @@
free, (free * 100) / __LOG_BUF_LEN);
}
+static bool __read_mostly ignore_loglevel;
+
+static int __init ignore_loglevel_setup(char *str)
+{
+ ignore_loglevel = 1;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "debug: ignoring loglevel setting.\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+early_param("ignore_loglevel", ignore_loglevel_setup);
+module_param(ignore_loglevel, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_loglevel, "ignore loglevel setting, to"
+ "print all kernel messages to the console.");
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY
static int boot_delay; /* msecs delay after each printk during bootup */
@@ -770,13 +785,15 @@
}
__setup("boot_delay=", boot_delay_setup);
-static void boot_delay_msec(void)
+static void boot_delay_msec(int level)
{
unsigned long long k;
unsigned long timeout;
- if (boot_delay == 0 || system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING)
+ if ((boot_delay == 0 || system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING)
+ || (level >= console_loglevel && !ignore_loglevel)) {
return;
+ }
k = (unsigned long long)loops_per_msec * boot_delay;
@@ -795,7 +812,7 @@
}
}
#else
-static inline void boot_delay_msec(void)
+static inline void boot_delay_msec(int level)
{
}
#endif
@@ -1238,21 +1255,6 @@
return do_syslog(type, buf, len, SYSLOG_FROM_CALL);
}
-static bool __read_mostly ignore_loglevel;
-
-static int __init ignore_loglevel_setup(char *str)
-{
- ignore_loglevel = 1;
- printk(KERN_INFO "debug: ignoring loglevel setting.\n");
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-early_param("ignore_loglevel", ignore_loglevel_setup);
-module_param(ignore_loglevel, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_loglevel, "ignore loglevel setting, to"
- "print all kernel messages to the console.");
-
/*
* Call the console drivers, asking them to write out
* log_buf[start] to log_buf[end - 1].
@@ -1498,7 +1500,7 @@
int this_cpu;
int printed_len = 0;
- boot_delay_msec();
+ boot_delay_msec(level);
printk_delay();
/* This stops the holder of console_sem just where we want him */
