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

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Jul 19 2016 - 02:49:58 EST


On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 08:35:07AM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> Ok, for example below (A and B can be any program, systemd or other logging
> utility, dracut scripts...)

Are you even reading what I'm writing to you?

I asked for real-life use case and I told you the ratelimiting is done
by openers of /dev/kmsg.

> Program A:
> for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
> write an error message A1

Because this is a real use case, right? Write A1 100 times in a loop?!
You gotta be f*cking kidding me!

Now I'm going to ignore you know until you start reading what I'm
writing to you.

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Boris.

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