Hi Lianbo, -----Original Message----- > The "boot_date" is initialized conditionally in the cmd_log(), which may > display incorrect "boot_date" value with the following command before > running the "log -T" command: > > crash> help -k | grep date > date: Wed Dec 22 13:39:29 IST 2021 > boot_date: Thu Jan 1 05:30:00 IST 1970 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The "help -k" prints internal variables for debugging and it's merely uninitialized, so personally I don't think this is a bug, but I agree that the current behavior is not friendly and initializing it during startup will be helpful. Yes, you are right.

> The calculation of "boot_date" depends on the HZ value, and the HZ will > be calculated in task_init() at the latest, so let's move it here. Hmm, initializing the boot_date in task_init() looks a bit strange to me,

but possibly the HZ can be set in machdep_init(POST_GDB), so it's fine.. > > Fixes: c86250bce29f ("Introduction of the "log -T" option...") Could you please remove this Fixes: tag? Sure. Thanks.

Without this, Acked-by: Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio-ab(a)nec.com&gt; Thanks, Kazu > Signed-off-by: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > kernel.c | 18 +++--------------- > task.c | 10 ++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c > index 36c57ed501ad..094fe9b2efad 100644 > --- a/kernel.c > +++ b/kernel.c > @@ -5025,21 +5025,9 @@ cmd_log(void) > if (argerrs) > cmd_usage(pc->curcmd, SYNOPSIS); > > - if (msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_CTIME) { > - if (pc->flags & MINIMAL_MODE) { > - error(WARNING, "the option '-T' is not available in minimal mode\n"); > - return; > - } > - > - if (kt->boot_date.tv_sec == 0) { > - ulonglong uptime_jiffies; > - ulong uptime_sec; > - > - get_uptime(NULL, &uptime_jiffies); > - uptime_sec = (uptime_jiffies)/(ulonglong)machdep->hz; > - kt->boot_date.tv_sec = kt->date.tv_sec - uptime_sec; > - kt->boot_date.tv_nsec = 0; > - } > + if (msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_CTIME && pc->flags & MINIMAL_MODE) { > + error(WARNING, "the option '-T' is not available in minimal mode\n"); > + return; > } > > if (msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_AUDIT) { > diff --git a/task.c b/task.c > index 76e184ae70b1..263a8344dd94 100644 > --- a/task.c > +++ b/task.c > @@ -692,6 +692,16 @@ task_init(void) > > stack_overflow_check_init(); > > + if (machdep->hz) { > + ulonglong uptime_jiffies; > + ulong uptime_sec; > + > + get_uptime(NULL, &uptime_jiffies); > + uptime_sec = (uptime_jiffies)/(ulonglong)machdep->hz; > + kt->boot_date.tv_sec = kt->date.tv_sec - uptime_sec; > + kt->boot_date.tv_nsec = 0; > + } > + > tt->flags |= TASK_INIT_DONE; > } > > -- > 2.20.1