On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:54:37PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 09:24:35PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:18:15PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 09:06:51PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 02:56:06PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > > > +static bool __read_mostly devkmsg_disabled;
> > > > > +static int __init disable_devkmsg(char *str)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + devkmsg_disabled = true;
> > > > > + return 0;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +__setup("printk.disable_kmsg_write", disable_devkmsg);
> > > >
> > > > Again, please default enable and use an easier name to toggle this.
> > > > Userspace flooding this with junk is really insane.
> > >
> > > If you default enable, you break working systems today that want to log
> > > stuff through this interface, sorry.
> >
> > Oh, you mean those 'working' systems that livelocked my box because I
> > had console to serial enabled which could not keep up with the endless
> > flood of shite?
> >
> > This systemd exposure has seriously eroded your sanity.
>
> See Andrew's message, this was added because of klibc :)
The initial feature, yes. But systemd ran with it and made it a problem
(as per usual).
