[PATCH] Always print panic message on current console

From: Bernhard Walle
Date: Sun Sep 27 2009 - 08:45:52 EST


The kernel offers with TIOCL_GETKMSGREDIRECT ioctl() the possibility to
redirect the kernel messages to a specific console.

However, since it's not possible to switch to the kernel message console after
a panic(), it would be nice if the kernel would print the panic message on the
current console.


Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/panic.c | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index bcdef26..f9950e3 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
#include <linux/dmi.h>
+#include <linux/tty.h>

int panic_on_oops;
static unsigned long tainted_mask;
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
*/
preempt_disable();

+ /* don't redirect the panic message to some hidden console */
+ kmsg_redirect = 0;
+
bust_spinlocks(1);
va_start(args, fmt);
vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
--
1.6.0.4

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