From ea7df0ea7dd50f119f5f6b8cecffdbbbe49deda0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>

Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 18:25:06 +0200

Subject: [PATCH] log to kmsg when "debug" is used on the kernel command line

---

 src/core/main.c | 9 +++++++--

 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c

index 77cdcfe..716def7 100644

--- a/src/core/main.c

+++ b/src/core/main.c

@@ -413,9 +413,14 @@ static int parse_proc_cmdline_word(const char *word) {

         } else if (streq(word, "quiet"))

                 arg_show_status = false;

-        else if (streq(word, "debug"))

+        else if (streq(word, "debug")) {

+                /* Log to kmsg, the journal socket will fill up before the

+                 * journal is started and tools running during that time

+                 * will block with every log message for for 60 seconds,

+                 * before they give up. */

                 log_set_max_level(LOG_DEBUG);

-        else if (!in_initrd()) {

+                log_set_target(LOG_TARGET_KMSG);

+        } else if (!in_initrd()) {

                 unsigned i;

                 /* SysV compatibility */