[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>
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 @@
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)
