Re: [PATCH] initcall: add config option for compilinginitcall_debug
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sun Mar 27 2011 - 13:44:24 EST
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:55:06 +0400 Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> Add bool config option CONFIG_INITCALL_DEBUG for compiling initcalls debuging,
> make it on by default to keep current behaviour.
Typo fixes only:
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
> include/linux/init.h | 4 ++++
> init/main.c | 2 ++
> kernel/async.c | 4 +---
> lib/Kconfig.debug | 7 +++++++
> 5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> index c357a31..ea3843a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ 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. This depend on CONFIG_INITCALL_DEBUG option.
depends on the CONFIG_INITCALL_DEBUG option.
>
> initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index df9234c..ebc1357 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -807,6 +807,13 @@ config DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
>
> If unsure, say N.
>
> +config INITCALL_DEBUG
> + bool "Debug kernel initcalls"
> + default y
> + help
> + This build option allow you trace initcalls after
allows you to trace initcalls by
> + adding "initcall_debug" to kernel command line.
to the kernel command line.
> +
> #
> # Select this config option from the architecture Kconfig, if it
> # it is preferred to always offer frame pointers as a config
---
~Randy
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