Re: [PATCH 4/4] printk: Add a device attribute for the per-console loglevel

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (03/01/19 16:48), Calvin Owens wrote:
> +static ssize_t loglevel_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> +			      const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	struct console *con = container_of(dev, struct console, dev);
> +	ssize_t ret;
> +	int tmp;
> +
> +	ret = kstrtoint(buf, 10, &tmp);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (tmp < LOGLEVEL_EMERG)
> +		return -ERANGE;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Mimic the behavior of /dev/kmsg with respect to minimum_loglevel.
> +	 */
> +	if (tmp < minimum_console_loglevel)
> +		tmp = minimum_console_loglevel;
> +
> +	con->level = tmp;
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(loglevel);
> +
> +static struct attribute *console_sysfs_attrs[] = {
> +	&dev_attr_loglevel.attr,
> +	NULL,
> +};
> +ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(console_sysfs);
> +
>  static struct bus_type console_subsys = {
>  	.name = "console",
> +	.dev_groups = console_sysfs_groups,
>  };

Do we really need to change this dynamically? Console options are
traditionally static (boot param or DT). Can we also be happy with
the static per-console loglevel?

	-ss