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Date:   Mon, 7 Aug 2017 08:41:08 -0400
From:   Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
To:     Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     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>,
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        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 08/04/2017 11:36 AM, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
> On 08/03/2017 06:18 PM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> 
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
>> b/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
>> index cfc2465e8b77..6c73c305ad17 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
>> @@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_XATTR=y
>>  CONFIG_UBIFS_FS=y
>>  CONFIG_SQUASHFS=y
>>  CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ=y
>> -CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
>> +# CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME_DISABLE is not set
>> +CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME_LOCAL=Y
>> +CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=1
>>  CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y
>>  CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS=y
>>  CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
> 
> savedefconfig tells me otherwise:
> 
> -CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
> +CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME_LOCAL=y
> 
> is all that is needed, the rest is fluff and will cause a savedefconfig mismatch
> error.
>> +static int printk_time_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
>> +{
>> +    char *param = strstrip((char *)val);
>> +    int _printk_time;
>> +
>> +    if (strlen(param) != 1)
>> +        return -EINVAL;
> (see below) strlen is so restrictive, wouldn't it be nice(tm) to allow "boot",
> "monotonic" or "realtime" strings? Certainly KISS can handle the first letters
> for next to zero cost. (switch statement optimization)

Thanks Mark,

I had asked this question before and didn't get an answer: Do I need to
worry about the ABI of /sys/modules/printk/parameters/time.  Since it hasn't
been explicitly added to the stable ABI files, I'm going to assume it wasn't
important enough to add it.  Looking at google, however, leads to a lot
of hits for 'printk.time' kernel parameters settings so I think I better
maintain the legacy boolean settings.

I'm going to do: 0/n/N/1/y/Y to maintain the existing ABI, and add (as you
suggest above 'disable|local|boottime|monotonic|realtime' as valid
parameters.

>> +
>> +    switch (param[0]) {
>> +    case '0':
>> +    case 'n':
>> +    case 'N':
> I would wish for a few more 'convenience' cases:
> 
> case 'd': case 'D': /* Disable */

It would be trivial then to add only the lower case options (I dislike upper
case settings ...) by adding

	!strcmp(printk_time_str[0], param, 1)

P.