On Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:02:41 -0400 Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org> wrote:
> A while ago we had a boot tracer. But it was eventually removed:
> commit 30dbb20e68e6f ("tracing: Remove boot tracer").
>
> The rational was because there is already a initcall_debug boot option
> that causes printk()s of all the initcall functions.
"rationale" :)
> The problem with the initcall_debug option is that printk() is awfully slow,
> and makes it difficult to see the real impact of initcalls. Mainly because
> a single printk() is usually slower than most initcall functions.
Not understanding this. We do it correctly:
calltime = ktime_get();
ret = fn();
rettime = ktime_get();
so the displayed initcall timing is independent of the printk()
execution time?
