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Commit c36264df authored by Mike Galbraith's avatar Mike Galbraith Committed by Linus Torvalds
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[PATCH] remove the syslog interface when printk is disabled


Attempts to read() from the non-existent dmesg buffer will return zero and
userspace tends to get stuck in a busyloop.

So just remove /dev/kmsg altogether if CONFIG_PRINTK=n.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent 44ddc4f5
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