From: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:25:06 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: log to kmsg when "debug" is used on the kernel command line
X-Git-Tag: v207~76
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bd6d2963396061ed068c4c6c54d8104b59ba91dc;p=elogind.git

log to kmsg when "debug" is used on the kernel command line
---

diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 8a73ad3cc..0178f1072 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -401,9 +401,14 @@ 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 */