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

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:21:07 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Franck Bui <fbui@...e.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v4 2/2] printk: Add kernel parameter to control writes
 to /dev/kmsg

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 01:20:32PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> Sorry, seems I do not get your point, suppose using the bis defined in your
> patch, shouldn't below work?

When you supply "printk.devkmsg=" on the kernel command line, then
devkmsg logging setting is final for the current boot because we lock it
with DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_LOCK, see control_devkmsg() here:

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160716061745.15795-3-bp@alien8.de

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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