add printk.time option, deprecate 'time'
Allow printk_time to be enabled or disabled at boot time. Previously it
could be enabled only, but not disabled.
Change printk_time from an int to a bool since that's what it is. Make its
logical (exposed) name just be "time" (was "printk_time").
Note: Changes kernel boot option syntax from "time" to "printk.time=value".
Since printk_time is declared as a module_param, it can also be
changed at run-time by modifying
/sys/module/printk/parameters/time
to a value of 1/Y/y to enabled it or 0/N/n to disable it.
Since printk_time is declared as a module_param, its value can also
be set at boot-time by using
linux printk.time=<bool>
If the "time" boot option is used, print a message that it is deprecated
and will be removed.
Note its planned removal in feature-removal-schedule.txt.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index f46cc6d..fccacf7 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -449,13 +449,16 @@
#else
static int printk_time = 0;
#endif
-module_param(printk_time, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(time, printk_time, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
static int __init printk_time_setup(char *str)
{
if (*str)
return 0;
printk_time = 1;
+ printk(KERN_NOTICE "The 'time' option is deprecated and "
+ "is scheduled for removal in early 2008\n");
+ printk(KERN_NOTICE "Use 'printk.time=<value>' instead\n");
return 1;
}