Re: [PATCH -v4 2/2] printk: Add kernel parameter to control writes to /dev/kmsg

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Jul 18 2016 - 03:21:11 EST


On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 01:20:32PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> Sorry, seems I do not get your point, suppose using the bis defined in your
> patch, shouldn't below work?

When you supply "printk.devkmsg=" on the kernel command line, then
devkmsg logging setting is final for the current boot because we lock it
with DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_LOCK, see control_devkmsg() here:

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160716061745.15795-3-bp@xxxxxxxxx

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