From c36264dfb2d6fa6383082de0a1bba8e12b477da1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Galbraith Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:37:42 -0800 Subject: [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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/printk.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/printk.c') diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index 6642655..ba59c2a 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -631,12 +631,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vprintk); asmlinkage long sys_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len) { - return 0; -} - -int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len) -{ - return 0; + return -ENOSYS; } static void call_console_drivers(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) -- cgit v1.1