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

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Message-ID: <20160426110109.GD17845@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:01:09 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.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 01:23:36PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I really don't think this should be about open/close, but about rate
> limiting writes.

FWIW, I've taken your ratelimiting change into SLES at the time the
whole "fun" happened and we haven't had any complaints with it so far:

http://kernel.opensuse.org/cgit/kernel-source/commit/?id=bcda8bd37b684cfa63813c255594f32f5b268758

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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