Re: [PATCH v2] printk: Add kernel parameter to disable writes to /dev/kmsg

[Andi Kleen]

Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Over the weekend my server was acting funny. The display wasn't working
> well, and I assumed that a driver was going bad. I went to look at the
> kernel dmesg, but the buffer only had the following over and over:

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Unfortunately the audit maintainers totally fail to recognize this
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-Andi

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