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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 46 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/printk/printk.c | 34 |
3 files changed, 82 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 883901b9ac4..9344d833b7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1716,8 +1716,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, - in bytes. n must be a power of two. The default - size is set in the kernel config file. + in bytes. n must be a power of two and greater + than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined + by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is + also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter + that allows to increase the default size depending on + the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details. logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo. This may be used to provide more screen space for diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 41066e49e88..a291b7ef473 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -807,15 +807,53 @@ config LOG_BUF_SHIFT range 12 21 default 17 help - Select kernel log buffer size as a power of 2. + Select the minimal kernel log buffer size as a power of 2. + The final size is affected by LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config + parameter, see below. Any higher size also might be forced + by "log_buf_len" boot parameter. + Examples: - 17 => 128 KB + 17 => 128 KB 16 => 64 KB - 15 => 32 KB - 14 => 16 KB + 15 => 32 KB + 14 => 16 KB 13 => 8 KB 12 => 4 KB +config LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT + int "CPU kernel log buffer size contribution (13 => 8 KB, 17 => 128KB)" + range 0 21 + default 12 if !BASE_SMALL + default 0 if BASE_SMALL + help + This option allows to increase the default ring buffer size + according to the number of CPUs. The value defines the contribution + of each CPU as a power of 2. The used space is typically only few + lines however it might be much more when problems are reported, + e.g. backtraces. + + The increased size means that a new buffer has to be allocated and + the original static one is unused. It makes sense only on systems + with more CPUs. Therefore this value is used only when the sum of + contributions is greater than the half of the default kernel ring + buffer as defined by LOG_BUF_SHIFT. The default values are set + so that more than 64 CPUs are needed to trigger the allocation. + + Also this option is ignored when "log_buf_len" kernel parameter is + used as it forces an exact (power of two) size of the ring buffer. + + The number of possible CPUs is used for this computation ignoring + hotplugging making the compuation optimal for the the worst case + scenerio while allowing a simple algorithm to be used from bootup. + + Examples shift values and their meaning: + 17 => 128 KB for each CPU + 16 => 64 KB for each CPU + 15 => 32 KB for each CPU + 14 => 16 KB for each CPU + 13 => 8 KB for each CPU + 12 => 4 KB for each CPU + # # Architectures with an unreliable sched_clock() should select this: # diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index db290be3298..f855ec36dff 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ static u32 clear_idx; #define LOG_ALIGN __alignof__(struct printk_log) #endif #define __LOG_BUF_LEN (1 << CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT) +#define __LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_LEN (1 << CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT) static char __log_buf[__LOG_BUF_LEN] __aligned(LOG_ALIGN); static char *log_buf = __log_buf; static u32 log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN; @@ -848,12 +849,45 @@ static int __init log_buf_len_setup(char *str) } early_param("log_buf_len", log_buf_len_setup); +static void __init log_buf_add_cpu(void) +{ + unsigned int cpu_extra; + + /* + * archs should set up cpu_possible_bits properly with + * set_cpu_possible() after setup_arch() but just in + * case lets ensure this is valid. + */ + if (num_possible_cpus() == 1) + return; + + cpu_extra = (num_possible_cpus() - 1) * __LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_LEN; + + /* by default this will only continue through for large > 64 CPUs */ + if (cpu_extra <= __LOG_BUF_LEN / 2) + return; + + pr_info("log_buf_len individual max cpu contribution: %d bytes\n", + __LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_LEN); + pr_info("log_buf_len total cpu_extra contributions: %d bytes\n", + cpu_extra); + pr_info("log_buf_len min size: %d bytes\n", __LOG_BUF_LEN); + + log_buf_len_update(cpu_extra + __LOG_BUF_LEN); +} + void __init setup_log_buf(int early) { unsigned long flags; char *new_log_buf; int free; + if (log_buf != __log_buf) + return; + + if (!early && !new_log_buf_len) + log_buf_add_cpu(); + if (!new_log_buf_len) return; |