The patch titled Subject: printk-add-kernel-parameter-to-control-writes-to-dev-kmsg-update has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is printk-add-kernel-parameter-to-control-writes-to-dev-kmsg-update.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/printk-add-kernel-parameter-to-control-writes-to-dev-kmsg-update.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/printk-add-kernel-parameter-to-control-writes-to-dev-kmsg-update.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Subject: printk-add-kernel-parameter-to-control-writes-to-dev-kmsg-update Thanks for catching this, here's an updated 2/2 patch with the above integrated and the SYSTEM_BOOTING check removed because we set system_state to SYSTEM_RUNNING before we start init. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160719072344.GC25563@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Franck Bui <fbui@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/printk/printk.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/printk/printk.c~printk-add-kernel-parameter-to-control-writes-to-dev-kmsg-update kernel/printk/printk.c --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c~printk-add-kernel-parameter-to-control-writes-to-dev-kmsg-update +++ a/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ static int __control_devkmsg(char *str) devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_DEFAULT; return 9; } - else - return -EINVAL; + return -EINVAL; } static int __init control_devkmsg(char *str) @@ -741,8 +740,8 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_write(struct kioc if (devkmsg_log & DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_OFF) return len; - /* Ratelimit when not explicitly enabled or when we're not booting. */ - if ((system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING) && !(devkmsg_log & DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_ON)) { + /* Ratelimit when not explicitly enabled. */ + if (!(devkmsg_log & DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_ON)) { if (!___ratelimit(&user->rs, current->comm)) return ret; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from bp@xxxxxxx are ratelimit-extend-to-print-suppressed-messages-on-release.patch printk-add-kernel-parameter-to-control-writes-to-dev-kmsg.patch printk-add-kernel-parameter-to-control-writes-to-dev-kmsg-update.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html