Re: [PATCH] klogd core

On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 04:47:38PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Sean Young wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 04:16:31PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > > Sean Young wrote:
> > > > With /proc/kallsyms disabled in the kernel, klogd crashes. fclose(NULL) is
> > > > executed.
> > >
> > > Hmbf! Do you know since which version?
> >
> > Looking at the history, I assume klogd 1.5.
>
> Err... sorry, I was more interested in the kernel version. :)

At least since 2.6.20 there is option CONFIG_KALLSYMS which can only be
disabled if CONFIG_EMBEDDED is enabled. Not having your symbols available
is pretty useless as you don't get function names in Oopses, etc. I was
pretty desperate for reducing the kernel size.

> Looking at it, yes. Bummer. I'll change it, of course.

Thanks,
Sean
Received on Fri Jul 04 2008 - 17:17:55 CEST