Re: [PATCH v6 11/11] printk: Purge default_console_loglevel

[Petr Mladek]

On Mon 2024-10-28 16:46:01, Chris Down wrote:
> default_console_loglevel (then DEFAULT_LOGLEVEL) was created in Linux
> 0.99.13 (September 1993) to power what we now call
> SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_{ON,OFF}. It was originally hardcoded to 7.
> 
> In Linux 2.3.12 (March 1997), Chris Horn made it configurable by sysctl
> through kernel.printk.
> 
> Its demise came about in July 2009 in commit 1aaad49e856c ("printk:
> Restore previous console_loglevel when re-enabling logging"), which
> replaces default_console_loglevel with the previously used
> console_loglevel. However, the documentation was never updated, and we
> still kept on telling users that this sets the default value for
> console_loglevel, even though this hasn't been true for over 15 years.
> 
> Purge both the documentation and all remaining references to
> default_console_loglevel. It will still be initialised in the sysctl
> array.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Petr