printk: boot_delay should only affect output
authorAndrew Cooks <acooks@gmail.com>
Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:59:56 +0000 (15:59 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:15:13 +0000 (17:15 -0800)
commit2fa72c8fa5d03c4e07894ccb9f0be72e8687a455
treed71a2c684e931d187901dbb8ddd926ebd93a46ba
parentafde3be121efcc658e26f8cc71ead04af96d38f9
printk: boot_delay should only affect output

The boot_delay parameter affects all printk(), even if the log level
prevents visible output from the call.  It results in delays greater than
the user intended without purpose.

This patch changes the behaviour of boot_delay to only delay output.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooks <acooks@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/printk.c