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

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 20:30:33 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] printk: Add kernel parameter to control writes to
 /dev/kmsg

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 02:14:56PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> But can we make it a one way feature (or a kernel parameter to do so?)
> that will prevent userspace from enabling it after it's been disabled.

You mean to be able to do boot with:

"printk.kmsg=off_and_i_mean_it"

which then disables the sysctl? Are you suspecting insolent userspace
reenabling it?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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