[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: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Šī revīzija ir iekļauta:
Mike Galbraith
2006-12-06 20:37:42 -08:00
revīziju iesūtīja Linus Torvalds
vecāks 44ddc4f567
revīzija c36264dfb2
3 mainīti faili ar 5 papildinājumiem un 7 dzēšanām

Parādīt failu

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ proc-y := nommu.o task_nommu.o
proc-$(CONFIG_MMU) := mmu.o task_mmu.o
proc-y += inode.o root.o base.o generic.o array.o \
kmsg.o proc_tty.o proc_misc.o
proc_tty.o proc_misc.o
proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_KCORE) += kcore.o
proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE) += vmcore.o
proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE) += proc_devtree.o
proc-$(CONFIG_PRINTK) += kmsg.o