linux-uconsole/kernel
Frans Pop 1aaad49e85 printk: Restore previous console_loglevel when re-enabling logging
When logging to console is disabled from userspace using klogctl()
and later re-enabled, console_loglevel gets set to the default
log level instead to the previous value.

This means that if the kernel was booted with 'quiet', the boot is
suddenly no longer quiet after logging to console gets re-enabled.

Save the current console_loglevel when logging is disabled and
restore to that value. If the log level is set to a specific value
while disabled, this is interpreted as an implicit re-enabling of
the logging.

The problem that prompted this patch is described in:

    http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/28/234

There are two variations possible on the patch below:

 1) If klogctl(7) is called while logging is not disabled, then set level
    to default (partially preserving current functionality):
  	case 7:		/* Enable logging to console */
 -		console_loglevel = default_console_loglevel;
 +		if (saved_console_loglevel == -1)
 +			console_loglevel = default_console_loglevel;
 +		else {
 +			console_loglevel = saved_console_loglevel;
 +			saved_console_loglevel = -1;
 +		}

 2) If klogctl(8) is called while logging is disabled, then don't enable
    logging, but remember the requested value for when logging does get
    enabled again:
  	case 8:		/* Set level of messages printed to console */
 [...]
 - 		console_loglevel = len;
 +		if (saved_console_loglevel == -1)
 +			console_loglevel = len;
 +		else
 +			saved_console_loglevel = len;

Yet another option would be to ignore the request.

Signed-off-by: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Cc: cryptsetup@packages.debian.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
LKML-Reference: <200907061331.49930.elendil@planet.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-07-10 16:02:23 +02:00
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gcov gcov: enable GCOV_PROFILE_ALL for x86_64 2009-06-18 13:03:58 -07:00
irq Merge branch 'irq-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-20 11:30:01 -07:00
power mm, PM/Freezer: Disable OOM killer when tasks are frozen 2009-06-16 19:47:40 -07:00
time timer stats: Optimize by adding quick check to avoid function calls 2009-06-24 11:15:09 +02:00
trace ftrace: Fix the output of profile 2009-06-26 09:25:42 +02:00
.gitignore
acct.c bsdacct: fix access to invalid filp in acct_on() 2009-06-30 18:56:00 -07:00
async.c async: Fix lack of boot-time console due to insufficient synchronization 2009-06-08 12:31:53 -07:00
audit.c Fix rule eviction order for AUDIT_DIR 2009-06-24 00:02:38 -04:00
audit.h Fix rule eviction order for AUDIT_DIR 2009-06-24 00:02:38 -04:00
audit_tree.c Fix rule eviction order for AUDIT_DIR 2009-06-24 00:02:38 -04:00
audit_watch.c Audit: clean up all op= output to include string quoting 2009-06-24 00:00:52 -04:00
auditfilter.c Audit: clean up all op= output to include string quoting 2009-06-24 00:00:52 -04:00
auditsc.c Fix rule eviction order for AUDIT_DIR 2009-06-24 00:02:38 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 04 2009-01-14 14:15:19 +01:00
cgroup.c cgroups: forbid noprefix if mounting more than just cpuset subsystem 2009-06-18 13:03:46 -07:00
cgroup_debug.c debug cgroup: remove unneeded cgroup_lock 2009-04-02 19:04:54 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c
compat.c signals: implement sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo 2009-04-30 19:24:24 +02:00
configs.c
cpu.c mm/init: cpu_hotplug_init() must be initialized before SLAB 2009-06-22 21:18:12 -07:00
cpuset.c cpuset,mm: update tasks' mems_allowed in time 2009-06-16 19:47:31 -07:00
cred-internals.h
cred.c CRED: Rename cred_exec_mutex to reflect that it's a guard against ptrace 2009-05-11 08:15:36 +10:00
delayacct.c
dma-coherent.c dma-coherent: Restore dma_alloc_from_coherent() large alloc fall back policy. 2009-01-21 18:51:53 +09:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c Get rid of indirect include of fs_struct.h 2009-03-31 23:00:27 -04:00
exit.c ptrace: wait_task_zombie: do not account traced sub-threads 2009-06-19 16:46:06 -07:00
extable.c Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-05 11:04:19 -07:00
fork.c copy_process(): remove the unneeded clear_tsk_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING) 2009-06-18 13:03:52 -07:00
freezer.c
futex.c futex: request only one page from get_user_pages() 2009-06-25 14:33:46 +02:00
futex_compat.c
groups.c groups: move code to kernel/groups.c 2009-06-16 19:47:48 -07:00
hrtimer.c Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6 2009-06-17 09:46:33 -07:00
hung_task.c softlockup: ensure the task has been switched out once 2009-02-11 11:04:16 +01:00
itimer.c timers: split process wide cpu clocks/timers 2009-02-05 13:04:33 +01:00
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: replace deprecated __initcall with device_initcall and fix whitespace 2009-06-09 22:37:52 +02:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c PM core: rename suspend and resume functions 2009-06-12 21:32:31 +02:00
kfifo.c kernel/kfifo.c: replace conditional test with is_power_of_2() 2009-06-16 19:47:47 -07:00
kgdb.c sysrq, intel_fb: fix sysrq g collision 2009-05-15 07:56:24 -05:00
kmod.c kmod: Release sub_info on cred allocation failure. 2009-05-26 12:11:19 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: fix to use text_mutex around arm/disarm kprobe 2009-05-08 16:23:48 -07:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthreads: rework kthread_stop() 2009-06-18 13:03:54 -07:00
latencytop.c sched, latencytop: incorporate review feedback from Andrew Morton 2009-02-11 10:18:04 +01:00
lockdep.c Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core 2009-05-07 11:17:34 +02:00
lockdep_internals.h lockdep: increase MAX_LOCKDEP_ENTRIES and MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS 2009-05-12 19:59:52 +02:00
lockdep_proc.c lockstat: warn about disabled lock debugging 2009-02-14 23:28:28 +01:00
lockdep_states.h lockdep: move state bit definitions around 2009-02-14 23:27:59 +01:00
Makefile Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-28 11:05:04 -07:00
marker.c
module.c kernel: constructor support 2009-06-18 13:03:57 -07:00
mutex-debug.c mutex: implement adaptive spinning 2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
mutex-debug.h mutex: implement adaptive spinning 2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
mutex.c Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core 2009-06-11 17:55:42 +02:00
mutex.h mutex: implement adaptive spinning 2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
notifier.c
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: relax ns_can_attach checks to allow attaching to grandchild cgroups 2009-04-02 19:04:53 -07:00
nsproxy.c nsproxy: extract create_nsproxy() 2009-06-18 13:03:56 -07:00
panic.c Fix caller information for warn_slowpath_null 2009-05-16 13:41:28 -07:00
params.c module_param: allow 'bool' module_params to be bool, not just int. 2009-06-12 21:46:58 +09:30
perf_counter.c perf_counter: Provide a way to enable counters on exec 2009-06-30 12:00:16 +02:00
pid.c kmemleak: Inform kmemleak about pid_hash 2009-06-29 17:14:14 +01:00
pid_namespace.c pidns: rewrite copy_pid_ns() 2009-06-18 13:03:55 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c
posix-cpu-timers.c kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c: fix sparse warning 2009-04-30 08:08:31 +02:00
posix-timers.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 05 2009-01-14 14:15:20 +01:00
printk.c printk: Restore previous console_loglevel when re-enabling logging 2009-07-10 16:02:23 +02:00
profile.c page allocator: do not check NUMA node ID when the caller knows the node is valid 2009-06-16 19:47:32 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: don't take tasklist to get/set ->last_siginfo 2009-06-18 13:03:52 -07:00
rcuclassic.c kmemtrace, rcu: fix linux/rcutree.h and linux/rcuclassic.h dependencies 2009-04-03 12:23:02 +02:00
rcupdate.c RCU: Don't try and predeclare inline funcs as it upsets some versions of gcc 2009-04-15 13:55:14 -07:00
rcupreempt.c rcu: rcu_sched_grace_period(): kill the bogus flush_signals() 2009-05-05 20:28:05 +02:00
rcupreempt_trace.c
rcutorture.c cpumask: convert rcutorture.c 2009-03-30 22:05:16 +10:30
rcutree.c rcu: Add __rcu_pending tracing to hierarchical RCU 2009-04-14 11:33:43 +02:00
rcutree.h kmemtrace, rcu: fix rcu_tree_trace.c data structure dependencies 2009-04-03 12:23:03 +02:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Add __rcu_pending tracing to hierarchical RCU 2009-04-14 11:33:43 +02:00
relay.c Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-05 11:04:19 -07:00
res_counter.c memcg: add interface to reset limits 2009-06-18 13:03:48 -07:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: fix sign extension in reserve_setup() 2009-06-30 18:56:00 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c trivial: fix ETIMEOUT -> ETIMEDOUT typos 2009-06-12 18:01:50 +02:00
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h rt_mutex: add proxy lock routines 2009-04-06 11:14:02 +02:00
rwsem.c
sched.c Merge branch 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-20 11:29:32 -07:00
sched_clock.c sched: Fix fallback sched_clock()'s offset when using jiffies 2009-05-09 10:08:19 +02:00
sched_cpupri.c sched: Remove unneeded __ref tag 2009-06-17 16:08:04 +02:00
sched_cpupri.h cpumask: remove cpumask_t from core 2009-03-30 22:05:17 +10:30
sched_debug.c sched: Hide runqueues from direct refer at source code level 2009-06-17 18:29:42 +02:00
sched_fair.c sched: Fix out of scope variable access in sched_slice() 2009-06-17 18:37:54 +02:00
sched_features.h Merge branch 'locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-03-30 17:17:35 -07:00
sched_idletask.c sched, timers: move calc_load() to scheduler 2009-05-15 15:32:45 +02:00
sched_rt.c cpumask: alloc zeroed cpumask for static cpumask_var_ts 2009-06-09 22:30:27 +09:30
sched_stats.h sched: remove unused fields from struct rq 2009-03-24 23:16:51 +01:00
seccomp.c x86-64: seccomp: fix 32/64 syscall hole 2009-03-02 15:41:30 -08:00
semaphore.c
signal.c ptrace: do_notify_parent_cldstop: fix the wrong ->nsproxy usage 2009-06-18 13:03:52 -07:00
slow-work.c slow-work: use round_jiffies() for thread pool's cull and OOM timers 2009-06-16 19:47:49 -07:00
smp.c cpumask: alloc zeroed cpumask for static cpumask_var_ts 2009-06-09 22:30:27 +09:30
softirq.c softirq: introduce statistics for softirq 2009-06-18 13:03:40 -07:00
softlockup.c softlockup: decouple hung tasks check from softlockup detection 2009-01-16 14:06:04 +01:00
spinlock.c Allow rwlocks to re-enable interrupts 2009-04-02 19:05:11 -07:00
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c cpumask: remove cpumask_t from core 2009-03-30 22:05:17 +10:30
sys.c groups: move code to kernel/groups.c 2009-06-16 19:47:48 -07:00
sys_ni.c Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc2' into perfcounters/core 2009-01-21 16:37:27 +01:00
sysctl.c Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-28 11:05:28 -07:00
sysctl_check.c net: add ARP notify option for devices 2009-02-01 01:04:33 -08:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
time.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 01 2009-01-14 14:15:18 +01:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c timer stats: Optimize by adding quick check to avoid function calls 2009-06-24 11:15:09 +02:00
tracepoint.c tracepoints: dont update zero-sized tracepoint sections 2009-03-18 19:55:00 +01:00
tsacct.c Fix fixpoint divide exception in acct_update_integrals 2009-03-09 08:13:35 -07:00
uid16.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 19 2009-01-14 14:15:26 +01:00
up.c smp_call_function_single(): be slightly less stupid, fix #2 2009-01-12 16:04:37 +01:00
user.c sched: delayed cleanup of user_struct 2009-06-15 21:30:23 -07:00
user_namespace.c Fix recursive lock in free_uid()/free_user_ns() 2009-02-27 16:26:21 -08:00
utsname.c utsns: extract creeate_uts_ns() 2009-06-18 13:03:55 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c proc_sysctl: use CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL around ipc and utsname proc_handlers 2009-04-02 19:05:01 -07:00
wait.c wait: don't use __wake_up_common() 2009-04-14 17:17:16 +02:00
workqueue.c ftrace, workqueuetrace: make workqueue tracepoints use TRACE_EVENT macro 2009-06-02 01:10:40 +02:00