linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] printk: Make CONFIG_PRINTK

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:11:43 -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>,
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        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] printk: Make CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME an int



On 07/25/2017 08:55 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 08:17:26AM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
>> index fc47863f629c..26cf6cadd267 100644
>> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
>> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
>> @@ -1202,8 +1202,40 @@ static inline void boot_delay_msec(int level)
>>  }
>>  #endif
>>  
>> -static bool printk_time = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME);
>> -module_param_named(time, printk_time, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
>> +static int printk_time = CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME;
> 
> You could just use unsigned int but is the reason you went with int to
> enable backward compatibility with the old bool =y or =n?

Yes, I wanted to preserve backwards compatibility.

P.