[1/4] printk: Allocate kernel log buffer earlier

Commit Message

Mike Travis Feb. 25, 2011, 6:06 p.m. UTC

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Patch

--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,11 @@  void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	memblock_find_dma_reserve();
 	dma32_reserve_bootmem();
 
+	/*
+	 * Allocate bigger log buffer as early as possible
+	 */
+	setup_log_buf();
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK
 	kvmclock_init();
 #endif
--- linux.orig/include/linux/printk.h
+++ linux/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ 
 #ifndef __KERNEL_PRINTK__
 #define __KERNEL_PRINTK__
 
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
 extern const char linux_banner[];
 extern const char linux_proc_banner[];
 
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@  int no_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 extern asmlinkage __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)))
 void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...);
 
+void __init setup_log_buf(void);
+
 extern int printk_needs_cpu(int cpu);
 extern void printk_tick(void);
 
--- linux.orig/init/main.c
+++ linux/init/main.c
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@  asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
 	 * These use large bootmem allocations and must precede
 	 * kmem_cache_init()
 	 */
+	setup_log_buf();
 	pidhash_init();
 	vfs_caches_init_early();
 	sort_main_extable();
--- linux.orig/kernel/printk.c
+++ linux/kernel/printk.c
@@ -162,46 +162,59 @@  void log_buf_kexec_setup(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+/* requested log_buf_len from kernel cmdline */
+static unsigned long __initdata new_log_buf_len;
+
+/* save requested log_buf_len since it's too early to process it */
 static int __init log_buf_len_setup(char *str)
 {
 	unsigned size = memparse(str, &str);
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (size)
 		size = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
-	if (size > log_buf_len) {
-		unsigned start, dest_idx, offset;
-		char *new_log_buf;
-
-		new_log_buf = alloc_bootmem(size);
-		if (!new_log_buf) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "log_buf_len: allocation failed\n");
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
-		log_buf_len = size;
-		log_buf = new_log_buf;
-
-		offset = start = min(con_start, log_start);
-		dest_idx = 0;
-		while (start != log_end) {
-			log_buf[dest_idx] = __log_buf[start & (__LOG_BUF_LEN - 1)];
-			start++;
-			dest_idx++;
-		}
-		log_start -= offset;
-		con_start -= offset;
-		log_end -= offset;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+	if (size > log_buf_len)
+		new_log_buf_len = size;
 
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "log_buf_len: %d\n", log_buf_len);
-	}
-out:
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
+early_param("log_buf_len", log_buf_len_setup);
 
-__setup("log_buf_len=", log_buf_len_setup);
+void __init setup_log_buf(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned start, dest_idx, offset;
+	char *new_log_buf;
+	int free;
+
+	if (!new_log_buf_len)
+		return;
+
+	new_log_buf = alloc_bootmem(new_log_buf_len);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+	log_buf_len = new_log_buf_len;
+	log_buf = new_log_buf;
+	new_log_buf_len = 0;
+	free = __LOG_BUF_LEN - log_end;
+
+	offset = start = min(con_start, log_start);
+	dest_idx = 0;
+	while (start != log_end) {
+		unsigned log_idx_mask = start & (__LOG_BUF_LEN - 1);
+
+		log_buf[dest_idx] = __log_buf[log_idx_mask];
+		start++;
+		dest_idx++;
+	}
+	log_start -= offset;
+	con_start -= offset;
+	log_end -= offset;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+
+	pr_info("log_buf_len: %d\n", log_buf_len);
+	pr_info("early log buf free: %d(%d%%)\n",
+		free, (free * 100) / __LOG_BUF_LEN);
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY