| commit | c36264dfb2d6fa6383082de0a1bba8e12b477da1 | |
| author | Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> | |
| Thu, 7 Dec 2006 04:37:42 +0000 (6 20:37 -0800) | ||
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org> | |
| Thu, 7 Dec 2006 16:39:38 +0000 (7 08:39 -0800) | ||
| tree | 25efc8365544d12974f0633ad46f619bfbf087e1 | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 44ddc4f5673a62c9ecdbb7b502fe7b8206b0f945 | commitdiff |
[PATCH] remove the syslog interface when printk is disabled
Attempts to read() from the non-existent dmesg buffer will return zero and
userspace tends to get stuck in a busyloop.
So just remove /dev/kmsg altogether if CONFIG_PRINTK=n.
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Attempts to read() from the non-existent dmesg buffer will return zero and
userspace tends to get stuck in a busyloop.
So just remove /dev/kmsg altogether if CONFIG_PRINTK=n.
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
| fs/proc/Makefile | diffblobblamehistory | |
| fs/proc/proc_misc.c | diffblobblamehistory | |
| kernel/printk.c | diffblobblamehistory |