linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] init: Drop initcall level output

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Message-ID: <87lik321s5.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:58:58 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: Drop initcall level output

On Fri,  1 Jun 2012 18:56:00 +0200, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
> 
> 9fb48c744ba6a ("params: add 3rd arg to option handler callback
> signature") added similar lines to dmesg:
> 
> initlevel:0=early, 4 registered initcalls
> initlevel:1=core, 31 registered initcalls
> initlevel:2=postcore, 11 registered initcalls
> initlevel:3=arch, 7 registered initcalls
> initlevel:4=subsys, 40 registered initcalls
> initlevel:5=fs, 30 registered initcalls
> initlevel:6=device, 250 registered initcalls
> initlevel:7=late, 35 registered initcalls
> 
> but they don't contain any info for the general user staring at dmesg.
> I'm very doubtful the count of initcalls registered per level helps
> anyone so drop that output completely.
> 
> Cc: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>

Agreed and applied.

Thanks!
Rusty.
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