[PATCH 1/1] boot: Put initcall_debug into its own Kconfig option DEBUG_INITCALL

From: Thai Bui
Date: Mon Aug 13 2012 - 16:57:25 EST


Putting DEBUG_INITCALL config option to compile out the command-line option
"initcall_debug".

Signed-off-by: Thai Bui <blquythai@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 ++-
include/linux/init.h | 4 ++++
init/main.c | 2 ++
lib/Kconfig.debug | 9 +++++++++
4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index d99fd9c..3dbaf15 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1026,7 +1026,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.

initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful
for working out where the kernel is dying during
- startup.
+ startup. DEBUG_INITCALL needs to be enabled in order
+ for this option to work.

initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk

diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 6b95109..d2f31f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -157,7 +157,11 @@ void prepare_namespace(void);

extern void (*late_time_init)(void);

+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INITCALL
extern bool initcall_debug;
+#else
+static const bool initcall_debug = false;
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_INITCALL */

#endif

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index ff49a6d..65837f7 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -648,8 +648,10 @@ static void __init do_ctors(void)
#endif
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INITCALL
bool initcall_debug;
core_param(initcall_debug, initcall_debug, bool, 0644);
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_INITCALL */

static char msgbuf[64];

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 8745ac7..424ac93 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -769,6 +769,15 @@ config DEBUG_WRITECOUNT

If unsure, say N.

+config DEBUG_INITCALL
+ bool "Debug initcalls as they are executed"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Enable this for tracing initcalls during startup. Useful for working
+ out where the kernel is dying during startup.
+
+ If unsure, say N
+
config DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT
bool "Debug memory initialisation" if EXPERT
default !EXPERT
--
1.7.9.5

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