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authorFrank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com>2011-09-23 13:43:12 -0700
committerClark Williams <williams@redhat.com>2012-04-13 11:01:51 -0500
commit121dfebbb3cf4d61131967264b2bd8c4921f6456 (patch)
tree7d14ad8b3218e29d129e7cec9b7a5c916a20ba98 /lib
parent61bf3b8e67627a172776397b968fdec04522e58e (diff)
sysrq: Allow immediate Magic SysRq output for PREEMPT_RT_FULL
Add a CONFIG option to allow the output from Magic SysRq to be output immediately, even if this causes large latencies. If PREEMPT_RT_FULL, printk() will not try to acquire the console lock when interrupts or preemption are disabled. If the console lock is not acquired the printk() output will be buffered, but will not be output immediately. Some drivers call into the Magic SysRq code with interrupts or preemption disabled, so the output of Magic SysRq will be buffered instead of printing immediately if this option is not selected. Even with this option selected, Magic SysRq output will be delayed if the attempt to acquire the console lock fails. Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4E7CEF60.5020508@am.sony.com Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug22
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1d80795bb473..c27f13ef584a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -62,6 +62,28 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ
keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y
unless you really know what this hack does.
+config MAGIC_SYSRQ_FORCE_PRINTK
+ bool "Force printk from Magic SysRq"
+ depends on MAGIC_SYSRQ && PREEMPT_RT_FULL
+ default n
+ help
+ Allow the output from Magic SysRq to be output immediately, even if
+ this causes large latencies. This can cause performance problems
+ for real-time processes.
+
+ If PREEMPT_RT_FULL, printk() will not try to acquire the console lock
+ when interrupts or preemption are disabled. If the console lock is
+ not acquired the printk() output will be buffered, but will not be
+ output immediately. Some drivers call into the Magic SysRq code
+ with interrupts or preemption disabled, so the output of Magic SysRq
+ will be buffered instead of printing immediately if this option is
+ not selected.
+
+ Even with this option selected, Magic SysRq output will be delayed
+ if the attempt to acquire the console lock fails.
+
+ Don't say Y unless you really know what this hack does.
+
config STRIP_ASM_SYMS
bool "Strip assembler-generated symbols during link"
default n