Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] printk: Add printk.console_verbose boot parameter

[Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>]

On Tue 2021-07-13 02:15:11, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
> console_verbose() increases console loglevel to CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MOTORMOUTH,
> which provides more information to debug a panic/oops.
> 
> Unfortunately, in Arista we maintain some DUTs (Device Under Test) that
> are configured to have 9600 baud rate. While verbose console messages
> have their value to post-analyze crashes, on such setup they:
> - may prevent panic/oops messages being printed
> - take too long to flush on console resulting in watchdog reboot
> 
> In all our setups we use kdump which saves dmesg buffer after panic,
> so in reality those extra messages on console provide no additional value,
> but rather add risk of not getting to __crash_kexec().

Yup, it makes sense.

> Provide printk.console_verbose boot parameter, which allows to switch off
> printk being verbose on oops/panic/lockdep (making it boot parameter
> instead of compile-option suggested-by Petr).
>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@arista.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++++
>  include/linux/printk.h                          | 4 +++-
>  kernel/printk/printk.c                          | 6 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index bdb22006f713..9fae19b1edd8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -4167,6 +4167,15 @@
>  			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
>  			default: disabled
>  
> +	printk.console_verbose=
> +			Raise console loglevel to highest on oops, panic or
> +			lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
> +			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
> +			serial console, keeping this enabled is a good choice
> +			in order to provide more debug information.
> +			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
> +			default: enabled

Hmm, the name suggests that the console should always be verbose.
It looks like a counterpart to the "quiet" option.

It actually is a counter part to the existing "quiet" option
except that it triggers in some situations only.

Hence, I would call it "no_auto_verbose":

   + "verbose" follows the simple naming scheme of the existing
     "quiet" option (no "printk" and no "console" in the name)

   + "no_auto" suggests that it disables some auto-verbose behavior
     which is exactly what it does.

Any better idea?

> +
>  	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
>  			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
>  			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
> diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
> index a63f468a8239..9d0b8133a03c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/printk.h
> +++ b/include/linux/printk.h
> @@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ extern int console_printk[];
>  #define minimum_console_loglevel (console_printk[2])
>  #define default_console_loglevel (console_printk[3])
>  
> +extern bool printk_console_verbose;
> +
>  static inline void console_verbose(void)
>  {
> -	if (console_loglevel)
> +	if (console_loglevel && printk_console_verbose)
>  		console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MOTORMOUTH;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> index 142a58d124d9..e321ee78855d 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -2404,6 +2404,12 @@ module_param_named(console_suspend, console_suspend_enabled,
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(console_suspend, "suspend console during suspend"
>  	" and hibernate operations");
>  
> +bool printk_console_verbose = true;

I would call it "console_auto_verbose".

> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk_console_verbose);

I would prefer to move console_verbose() into printk.c
and export the function instead of this variable.

> +module_param_named(console_verbose, printk_console_verbose, bool, 0644);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(console_verbose, "Raise console loglevel to highest on oops/panic/etc");

Best Regards,
Petr