linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 36/38] vfs: Add a sample program for the new mount API [ver #10]

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Message-ID: <25489.1532953411@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:23:31 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 36/38] vfs: Add a sample program for the new mount API [ver #10]

Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

> Hmm, so kernel now returns messages in english? Not sure that is
> reasonable, as that is going to cause problems with translations...

The problem is that if there's no explicit logging route attached, the
messages get dumped via printk() instead, so they really need to be printable
strings.

David