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authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>2011-09-02 12:29:33 (GMT)
committerScott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>2015-02-13 22:20:16 (GMT)
commit35eab4ea2d4725a0d2d88c25832c187d6babf9e6 (patch)
tree5a29ab083d0abfabe3329e91f1399d9015f2e248 /kernel
parentb014e53ffb95146c8abc21265d5171531c42e92f (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-35eab4ea2d4725a0d2d88c25832c187d6babf9e6.tar.xz
printk: 'force_early_printk' boot param to help with debugging
Gives me an option to screw printk and actually see what the machine says. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1314967289.1301.11.camel@twins Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ykb97nsfmobq44xketrxs977@git.kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/printk/printk.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index a93a03b..22130f2 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1517,6 +1517,13 @@ asmlinkage void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
*/
static bool __read_mostly printk_killswitch;
+static int __init force_early_printk_setup(char *str)
+{
+ printk_killswitch = true;
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("force_early_printk", force_early_printk_setup);
+
void printk_kill(void)
{
printk_killswitch = true;