Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc1: printk delays | From | john stultz <> | Date | Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:46:39 -0700 |
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On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 01:00 +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > With kernel 2.6.18-rc1 I am experiencing strange delays before printk > messages from my driver appear in the syslog. The last couple of printk > lines only appear if I hit a key on the system keyboard. Even just > pressing and releasing a shift key will do. Other input, like connecting > with ssh from another computer and typing into that session or moving or > clicking the mouse, doesn't help. At the same time, userspace syslog > messages like those from sshd appear just fine. > > Example excerpt from /var/log/messages: > > > Jul 7 00:16:08 gx110 kernel: [ 746.583136] gigaset: 0: if_write() > > Jul 7 00:16:08 gx110 kernel: [ 746.583154] gigaset: CMD Transmit (10 bytes): > > Jul 7 00:16:08 gx110 kernel: [ 746.583203] bas_gigaset: setting ATREADY time > > Jul 7 00:16:08 gx110 kernel: [ 746.585887] bas_gigaset: write_command: sent > > Jul 7 00:16:08 gx110 kernel: [ 746.612869] gigaset: received response (6 byt > > Jul 7 00:16:28 gx110 sshd[6134]: Accepted publickey for ts from 192.168.59.12 > > Jul 7 00:28:26 gx110 kernel: [ 746.687844] gigaset: 0: if_write() > > Jul 7 00:28:26 gx110 kernel: [ 746.687944] gigaset: CMD Transmit (17 bytes): > > Jul 7 00:28:26 gx110 kernel: [ 746.688002] bas_gigaset: setting ATREADY time > > Jul 7 00:28:26 gx110 kernel: [ 746.690803] bas_gigaset: write_command: sent > > Note how the PRINTK_TIME timestamps increase in sub-second increments > while syslogd's timestamps show an enormous gap after 00:16:08. > > With kernel 2.6.17.1 on the same machine there are no such delays. All > printk messages appear immediately, and the deltas in PRINTK_TIME and > syslogd timestamps are quite consistent.
Hmmm. I'm assuming this is i386? Could you send me a full dmesg?
Also does booting w/ clocksource=jiffies change the behavior?
thanks -john
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