linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] printk: Add boottime and real timestamps

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Date:   Mon, 7 Aug 2017 14:17:33 -0400
From:   Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Christoffer Dall <cdall@...aro.org>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] printk: Add boottime and real timestamps



On 08/07/2017 01:14 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> 
> Note printk_late_init() is a late_initcall(). This means if the
> printk_time_setting was disabled it will take a while to enable it. Enabling it
> is done at the device_initcall(), so if printk setting is disabled but a user
> enables it with a toggle of the module param there is a period of time during
> which time resolution would be different. 

I'm not sure I follow your comment.  Could you elaborate with an example of
what you think is going wrong or might be confusing?

P.

> Perhaps for some this is not useful
> information but for others I think this would be very valuable.
> 
> There is also something to say about the time in between initializing access
> to ktime_get_mono_fast_ns(), how early is this reliable?
> 
> All these things could be mentioned on the documentation.
> 
>   Luis
>