linux-kernel - Re: Bug 44211 - /proc/kmsg does not (always) block for 1-byte reads

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Message-ID: <CAGoecWyN_3yvZ4zcWFnsSxzs+4FVo8uTmP6K8oMrhz9ejELjcw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2012 21:46:10 +0300
From:	Jukka Ollila <jiiksteri@...il.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kay@...y.org, jbeulich@...ell.com,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: Bug 44211 - /proc/kmsg does not (always) block for 1-byte reads

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 08:45:44PM +0300, Jukka Ollila wrote:
>> A few days ago I filed a kernel regression report concerning a change
>> in /proc/kmsg behaviour with short reads:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44211

> I think we just fixed this, what kernel version are you seeing this
> problem on?

It's still there. Pulled a fresh tree, this is
1b7fa4c27111757789b21bb78543317dad4cfd08 from
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

So if this is actually not intentional and getting fixed instead, the
changes haven't made their way upstream yet.

Thanks,

-J
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