linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] syslog: fill buffer with more than a single message for SYSLOG_ACTION

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:20:07 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>, yuanhan.liu@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] syslog: fill buffer with more than a single message for
 SYSLOG_ACTION_READ

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 08:05:17AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 23.06.12 at 20:03, Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org> wrote:
> >> Furthermore, this patch also addresses the problem dealt with in
> >> commit 4a77a5a06ec66ed05199b301e7c25f42f979afdc ("printk: use mutex
> >> lock to stop syslog_seq from going wild"), so I'd recommend reverting
> >> that one too (albeit there's no direct collision between the two).
> > 
> > Are you sure that is covered? Doesn't the other thread would just
> > return 0 to the caller then, instead of continuing to stay in the
> > syscall when the first thread got the message?
> 
> The old code permitted returning zero in that case too, so I don't
> see why the new code shouldn't be allowed to. But anyway, as
> said this patch doesn't directly conflict, and hence it's up to the
> maintainer(s) of the code to decide whether to keep it. The
> conflicting one, however, imo ought to be reverted in any case.

Ok, so I'm confused, you want me to apply this patch and then revert a
different one?  Which one, 4a77a5a06ec66ed05199b301e7c25f42f979afdc?

Kay, do you agree?

thanks,

greg k-h
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