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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/dynamic_debug.c | 25 |
3 files changed, 52 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt index 674c5663d346..58ea64a96165 100644 --- a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt +++ b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Dynamic debug has even more useful features: read to display the complete list of known debug statements, to help guide you Controlling dynamic debug Behaviour -=============================== +=================================== The behaviour of pr_debug()/dev_debug()s are controlled via writing to a control file in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, you must first mount the debugfs @@ -212,6 +212,26 @@ Note the regexp ^[-+=][scp]+$ matches a flags specification. Note also that there is no convenient syntax to remove all the flags at once, you need to use "-psc". + +Debug messages during boot process +================================== + +To be able to activate debug messages during the boot process, +even before userspace and debugfs exists, use the boot parameter: +ddebug_query="QUERY" + +QUERY follows the syntax described above, but must not exceed 1023 +characters. The enablement of debug messages is done as an arch_initcall. +Thus you can enable debug messages in all code processed after this +arch_initcall via this boot parameter. +On an x86 system for example ACPI enablement is a subsys_initcall and +ddebug_query="file ec.c +p" +will show early Embedded Controller transactions during ACPI setup if +your machine (typically a laptop) has an Embedded Controller. +PCI (or other devices) initialization also is a hot candidate for using +this boot parameter for debugging purposes. + + Examples ======== diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 8dd7248508a9..3d854c9ae53a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ parameter is applicable: AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. - DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. + DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. + DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime FB The frame buffer device is enabled. GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. @@ -570,6 +571,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <port#>,<type> See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt + ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot + time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for + details. + debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). debug_locks_verbose= diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c index 84d103c474e4..44ce66bdb211 100644 --- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c +++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c @@ -450,6 +450,19 @@ static int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string) return 0; } +static __initdata char ddebug_setup_string[1024]; +static __init int ddebug_setup_query(char *str) +{ + if (strlen(str) >= 1024) { + pr_warning("ddebug boot param string too large\n"); + return 0; + } + strcpy(ddebug_setup_string, str); + return 1; +} + +__setup("ddebug_query=", ddebug_setup_query); + /* * File_ops->write method for <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/conrol. Gathers the * command text from userspace, parses and executes it. @@ -769,6 +782,18 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void) } ret = ddebug_add_module(iter_start, n, modname); } + + /* ddebug_query boot param got passed -> set it up */ + if (ddebug_setup_string[0] != '\0') { + ret = ddebug_exec_query(ddebug_setup_string); + if (ret) + pr_warning("Invalid ddebug boot param %s", + ddebug_setup_string); + else + pr_info("ddebug initialized with string %s", + ddebug_setup_string); + } + out_free: if (ret) { ddebug_remove_all_tables(); |