From af91322ef3f29ae4114e736e2a72e28b4d619cf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Young Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:43:33 -0700 Subject: printk: add printk_delay to make messages readable for some scenarios When syslog is not possible, at the same time there's no serial/net console available, it will be hard to read the printk messages. For example oops/panic/warning messages in shutdown phase. Add a printk delay feature, we can make each printk message delay some milliseconds. Setting the delay by proc/sysctl interface: /proc/sys/kernel/printk_delay The value range from 0 - 10000, default value is 0 [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix a few things] Signed-off-by: Dave Young Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 3e5b63ebb821..b3d8b4922740 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -313,6 +313,14 @@ send before ratelimiting kicks in. ============================================================== +printk_delay: + +Delay each printk message in printk_delay milliseconds + +Value from 0 - 10000 is allowed. + +============================================================== + randomize-va-space: This option can be used to select the type of process address -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b