Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:24:35 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] printk: Add kernel parameter to disable writes to /dev/kmsg |
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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.
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