On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Daniel Baluta <daniel.bal...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > i am putting a printk() on link_path_walk() kernel function ( the > pathname > > resolution function). i access that printk() only at some special > condition > > (like if pathname passed to link_path_walk() matches with some name) . > but > > when it gets hit like when i pass pathname via unlink(2) , lots of > messages > > are written to dmesg ( or /var/log/messages) . i could not understand why > > these lots of messages are being written ? (i was hoping for only one > > message) > > Try to printout the name of the process on behalf of which the kernel > runs link_path_walk > using current->comm. > > Then filter out the printks done by your application. > i have checked with timestamps . and all the repeated lines show the same timestemps. and yes, daniel, the program name is also same each time. but why are these lines repeated in /var/log/messages file ? :) > > > -- ........................ *MOHIT VERMA*
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