Re: [PATCH] add "notime" boot option

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:40:30 -0400 Dave Jones wrote:

> Not disagreeing with the patch, but I wonder if it'd be a net win
> if we had a helper that would replace the zillion instances
> of "set this variable to a 0/1 depending if its prefixed with 'no'"
> with 1-2 lines.

I don't know about that, but I had another version of this patch
that removed the use of __setup() and just used the module_param()
that is already there (but with the param renamed to "time" and
changed to a bool), so that the usage on the command line is:
  linux printk.time=<bool>

I like this alternate version pretty well, but it causes more
change and a usage that is not well-known.  Patch is below.
The __setup() declaration and its function helper are not removed
yet, but they could be, and just leave the value-setting job
to the module_param() code.  All tested.

---

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>

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".

Note:  Changes kernel boot option syntax from "time" to "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 we are willing to drop the shorter "time=value" syntax, we could
also drop the entire printk_time_setup() function and the __setup()
for it.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    5 ++++-
 kernel/printk.c                     |   12 +++++++-----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- linux-2622-rc2.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-2622-rc2/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1824,7 +1824,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
 			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
 
-	time		Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
+	time=		Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
+			Format: <bool>  (1=enable, 0=disable)
+or	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
+			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
 
 	tipar.timeout=	[HW,PPT]
 			Set communications timeout in tenths of a second
--- linux-2622-rc2.orig/kernel/printk.c
+++ linux-2622-rc2/kernel/printk.c
@@ -449,17 +449,19 @@ static int printk_time = 1;
 #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)
+	if (!*str)
 		return 0;
-	printk_time = 1;
+	if (*str == '1')
+		printk_time = 1;
+	else if (*str == '0')
+		printk_time = 0;
 	return 1;
 }
-
-__setup("time", printk_time_setup);
+__setup("time=", printk_time_setup);
 
 __attribute__((weak)) unsigned long long printk_clock(void)
 {