Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] printk: Add /sys/consoles/${con}/ and maxlevel attribute

[Calvin Owens]

On Tuesday 04/04 at 23:30 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 16:03:20 -0700
> Calvin Owens <calvinowens@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > This does the simplest possible thing: add a directory at the root of
> > sysfs that allows setting the "maxlevel" parameter for each console.
> > 
> > We can let kobject destruction race with console removal: if it does,
> > maxlevel_{show,store}() will safely fail with -ENODEV. This is a little
> > weird, but avoids embedding the kobject and therefore needing to totally
> > refactor the way we handle console struct lifetime.
> 
> Can you also add a patch that allows this to be set on the kernel
> command line, when the consoles are defined.

Absolutely :)

Thanks,
Calvin

 
> -- Steve
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@xxxxxx>