QOSAI WSL = Windows Subsystem for Linux
Move printk.devkmsg and page_reporting_order to kernel command line (#40380)
Move printk.devkmsg=on from post-boot runtime writes in init to the kernel command line, ensuring it is applied at boot for both WSL2 and WSLC VMs. Also adds AppendCommonKernelCommandLine() helper in helpers.hpp/helpers.cpp to share common kernel parameters (hv_utils.timesync_implicit=1, printk.devkmsg=on, and page_reporting.page_reporting_order) between WslCoreVm and HcsVirtualMachine. N.B. kernel.dmesg_restrict, kernel.print-fatal-signals, and fs.inotify.max_user_watches are sysctl-only settings that cannot be set via kernel command line, so they remain as runtime writes in init. Co-authored-by: Ben Hillis <benhill@ntdev.microsoft.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Ben Hillis committed
May 1, 2026 at 14:32 UTC
ce674a6d58fce89cf2d6b927ae22a8a5439cd48e
6 files changed
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src/linux/init/WSLCInit.cpp
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@@ -947,15 +947,6 @@ int WSLCEntryPoint(int Argc, char* Argv[])
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return -1;
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}
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- //
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- // Disable rate limiting of user writes to dmesg.
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- //
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-
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- if (WriteToFile("/proc/sys/kernel/printk_devkmsg", "on\n") < 0)
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- {
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- return -1;
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- }
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-
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//
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// Set the ephemeral port range
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//
src/linux/init/main.cpp
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@@ -1480,15 +1480,6 @@ Return Value:
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return -1;
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}
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- //
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- // Disable rate limiting of user writes to dmesg.
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- //
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-
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- if (WriteToFile("/proc/sys/kernel/printk_devkmsg", "on\n") < 0)
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- {
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- return -1;
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- }
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-
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//
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// Set the hostname.
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//
src/windows/common/helpers.cpp
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@@ -730,3 +730,15 @@ try
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wsl::windows::common::registry::WriteString(dcatKey.get(), nullptr, L"Version", registeredVersion.c_str());
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}
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CATCH_LOG()
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+
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+void wsl::windows::common::helpers::AppendCommonKernelCommandLine(_Inout_ std::wstring& kernelCmdLine, _In_ int pageReportingOrder)
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+{
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+ // Enable timesync workaround to sync on resume from sleep in modern standby.
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+ kernelCmdLine += L" hv_utils.timesync_implicit=1";
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+
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+ // Disable rate limiting of user writes to dmesg.
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+ kernelCmdLine += L" printk.devkmsg=on";
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+
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+ // Configure page reporting order - minimum order of pages reported as free to the hypervisor.
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+ kernelCmdLine += std::format(L" page_reporting.page_reporting_order={}", pageReportingOrder);
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+}
src/windows/common/helpers.hpp
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@@ -201,4 +201,6 @@ bool TryAttachConsole();
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void RegisterWithDcat(_In_ bool IncludeVersionNumber = true);
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+void AppendCommonKernelCommandLine(_Inout_ std::wstring& kernelCmdLine, _In_ int pageReportingOrder);
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+
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} // namespace wsl::windows::common::helpers
src/windows/service/exe/HcsVirtualMachine.cpp
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@@ -111,11 +111,8 @@ HcsVirtualMachine::HcsVirtualMachine(_In_ const WSLCSessionSettings* Settings)
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std::wstring kernelCmdLine = L"initrd=\\" LXSS_VM_MODE_INITRD_NAME L" " TEXT(WSLC_ROOT_INIT_ENV) L"=1 panic=-1";
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kernelCmdLine += std::format(L" nr_cpus={}", Settings->CpuCount);
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- // Enable timesync workaround to sync on resume from sleep in modern standby.
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- kernelCmdLine += L" hv_utils.timesync_implicit=1";
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-
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- // Configure page reporting order - minimum order of pages reported as free to the hypervisor.
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- kernelCmdLine += std::format(L" page_reporting.page_reporting_order={}", pageReportingOrder);
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+ // Append common kernel parameters shared between WSL2 and WSLC.
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+ helpers::AppendCommonKernelCommandLine(kernelCmdLine, pageReportingOrder);
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// Setup dmesg collector with optional DmesgOutput handle.
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// TODO: move dmesg collector to user session process.
src/windows/service/exe/WslCoreVm.cpp
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@@ -1523,11 +1523,8 @@ std::wstring WslCoreVm::GenerateConfigJson()
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// Set number of processors.
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kernelCmdLine += std::format(L" nr_cpus={}", m_vmConfig.ProcessorCount);
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- // Enable timesync workaround to sync on resume from sleep in modern standby.
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- kernelCmdLine += L" hv_utils.timesync_implicit=1";
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-
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- // Configure page reporting order - minimum order of pages reported as free to the hypervisor.
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- kernelCmdLine += std::format(L" page_reporting.page_reporting_order={}", m_pageReportingOrder);
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+ // Append common kernel parameters shared between WSL2 and WSLC.
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+ helpers::AppendCommonKernelCommandLine(kernelCmdLine, m_pageReportingOrder);
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// If using virtio features, enable SWIOTLB as a perf optimization (will cause VM to consume 64MB more memory).
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if (m_vmConfig.EnableVirtio9p || m_vmConfig.EnableVirtioFs || m_vmConfig.NetworkingMode == NetworkingMode::VirtioProxy)