[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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 66426552fbfe..ba59c2a30ed0 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -631,12 +631,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vprintk);
 
 asmlinkage long sys_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len)
 {
-        return 0;
-}
-
-int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len)
-{
-        return 0;
+        return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
 static void call_console_drivers(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)