tree 25efc8365544d12974f0633ad46f619bfbf087e1
parent 44ddc4f5673a62c9ecdbb7b502fe7b8206b0f945
author Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> 1165466262 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org> 1165509578 -0800

[PATCH] remove the syslog interface when printk is disabled

Attempts to read() from the non-existent dmesg buffer will return zero and
userspace tends to get stuck in a busyloop.

So just remove /dev/kmsg altogether if CONFIG_PRINTK=n.

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>