[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>
diff --git a/fs/proc/Makefile b/fs/proc/Makefile
index 7431d7b..f6c7762 100644
--- a/fs/proc/Makefile
+++ b/fs/proc/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
proc-$(CONFIG_MMU) := mmu.o task_mmu.o
proc-y += inode.o root.o base.o generic.o array.o \
- kmsg.o proc_tty.o proc_misc.o
+ proc_tty.o proc_misc.o
proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_KCORE) += kcore.o
proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE) += vmcore.o
proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE) += proc_devtree.o
+proc-$(CONFIG_PRINTK) += kmsg.o