linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] printk: Add kernel parameter to disable writes to /dev/kmsg

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Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:06:51 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] printk: Add kernel parameter to disable writes to
 /dev/kmsg

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 02:56:06PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> +static bool __read_mostly devkmsg_disabled;
> +static int __init disable_devkmsg(char *str)
> +{
> +	devkmsg_disabled = true;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +__setup("printk.disable_kmsg_write", disable_devkmsg);

Again, please default enable and use an easier name to toggle this.
Userspace flooding this with junk is really insane.