Re: [PATCH 2/2 v7] printk: Add monotonic, boottime, and realtime timestamps

[Petr Mladek]

On Tue 2017-08-22 10:09:40, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/17/2017 11:30 AM, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
> > On 08/17/2017 06:15 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> >> printk.time=1/CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=1 adds a unmodified local hardware clock
> >> timestamp to printk messages.  The local hardware clock loses time each
> >> day making it difficult to determine exactly when an issue has occurred in
> >> the kernel log, and making it difficult to determine how kernel and
> >> hardware issues relate to each other in real time.
> > Congrats, greatly eases merges into older kernels, and has eliminated the churn
> > this could place on all the configured systems out there.
> > 
> > Sadly, one of my suggestions did not quite go the way I expected ;-} easy to
> > correct, and fix (I missed a spot in my original suggestion, as code changed
> > underfoot over the set ;-/). (see bottom)
> 
> Added.  I will send out v8 shortly.

It might make sense to wait a bit. I am in the middle of v7 review and
have several comments.

I would suggest to slow down this a bit anyway. You sent 7 versions
within three weeks. It improved nicely over time. But I think that
I am not the only one who has troubles to follow.

Best Regards,
Petr