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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: hidave.darkstar@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] printk: add halt_delay parameter for printk delay in halt phase
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:12:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090608221246.GA32209@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090608143913.749e19c5.akpm@linux-foundation.org>


* Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Plus the feature becomes more general - perhaps there are use 
> cases where people want to slow down printks, such as: kernel goes 
> oops, data scrolls off, serial console/netconsole unavailable.  
> pause_on_oops is supposed to help here but last time I tried it, 
> it kinda didn't work, plus pause_on_oops doesn't solve the 
> data-scrolled-off problem.

btw, i solved that particular problem in one of my kernels by adding 
a pause_on_oops_head and pause_on_oops_tail hack some time ago. (It 
properly and well deservedly died an entropic death.)

So the problem space is real, and our tools for it suck to a certain 
degree. Your generalization would certainly help.

	Ingo

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-06-08 22:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-08  7:40 [PATCH v3] printk: add halt_delay parameter for printk delay in halt phase Dave Young
2009-06-08  8:12 ` [tip:core/printk] printk: Add halt_delay=<msecs> " tip-bot for Dave Young
2009-06-08  8:14 ` [PATCH v3] printk: add halt_delay " Ingo Molnar
2009-06-08  8:28   ` Andrew Morton
2009-06-08  8:42     ` Dave Young
2009-06-08  8:48       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-06-08 16:26         ` Andrew Morton
2009-06-08 17:15           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-06-08 21:39             ` Andrew Morton
2009-06-08 22:02               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-06-08 22:07                 ` Andrew Morton
2009-06-08 22:12               ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2009-06-09  1:01               ` Dave Young
2009-06-09  1:35                 ` Dave Young
2009-06-09  2:33                 ` Andrew Morton
2009-06-09  0:48             ` Dave Young
2009-06-08  8:37   ` Dave Young
2009-06-08  8:46     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-06-08  8:56       ` Dave Young
2009-06-08  8:58         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-06-08  9:00           ` Dave Young

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