linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] bootstage: Insert bootstage

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Date:	Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:59:27 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
To:	Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Da Zheng <zhengda@...omium.org>,
	Da Zheng <zhengda@...omium.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] bootstage: Insert bootstage_mark to record timing
 for bootup.

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org> wrote:
> From: Da Zheng <zhengda@...omium.org>
>
> From: Da Zheng <zhengda@...omium.org>
>
> This inserts calls to bootstage_mark() to timestamp the kernel moving
> between the different initcall levels.
>
> Signed-off-by: Da Zheng <zhengda@...omium.com>
> ---
>  init/bootstage.c |   49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  init/main.c      |    7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/init/bootstage.c b/init/bootstage.c
> index 79e9761..6f4668f 100644
> --- a/init/bootstage.c
> +++ b/init/bootstage.c
> @@ -226,3 +226,52 @@ static int __init bootstage_init(void)
>  }
>
>  postcore_initcall(bootstage_init);
> +
> +static int __init post_core_initcall(void)
> +{
> +       bootstage_mark("core_initcall");
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +core_initcall_sync(post_core_initcall);

I'm sure you considered just instrumenting do_one_initcall() rather
than adding these individual initcall marks?  That would get you a lot
more timestamps (maybe too many), and would help identify individual
drivers, which I suspect will be common offenders.

Bjorn
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