To keep the output of makedumpfile --dump-dmesg being consistent with
dmesg utility, this patch introduces two changes:
1. If a character is non-printable, print its hex value ("\\x%02x")
2. No special handling for "\n" ("\n" -> ".")
Signed-off-by: WANG Chao <chaowang at redhat.com>
---
makedumpfile.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
index ef08d91..73467ab 100644
--- a/makedumpfile.c
+++ b/makedumpfile.c
@@ -3848,12 +3848,10 @@ dump_log_entry(char *logptr, int fp)
sprintf(buf, "[%5lld.%06ld] ", nanos, rem/1000);
for (i = 0, p = msg; i < text_len; i++, p++) {
- if (*p == '\n')
- sprintf(buf, "%s.", buf);
- else if (isprint(*p) || isspace(*p))
+ if (isprint(*p) || isspace(*p))
sprintf(buf, "%s%c", buf, *p);
else
- sprintf(buf, "%s.", buf);
+ sprintf(buf, "%s\\x%02x", buf, *p);
}
sprintf(buf, "%s\n", buf);
--
1.8.4.2
