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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/printk/printk.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/printk/printk.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index f3757e3b73f2..1e0988a0bb97 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ static int __control_devkmsg(char *str) static int __init control_devkmsg(char *str) { - if (__control_devkmsg(str) < 0) + if (__control_devkmsg(str) < 0) { + pr_warn("printk.devkmsg: bad option string '%s'\n", str); return 1; + } /* * Set sysctl string accordingly: @@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ static int __init control_devkmsg(char *str) */ devkmsg_log |= DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_LOCK; - return 0; + return 1; } __setup("printk.devkmsg=", control_devkmsg); @@ -2249,8 +2251,15 @@ static int __init console_setup(char *str) char *s, *options, *brl_options = NULL; int idx; - if (str[0] == 0) + /* + * console="" or console=null have been suggested as a way to + * disable console output. Use ttynull that has been created + * for exacly this purpose. + */ + if (str[0] == 0 || strcmp(str, "null") == 0) { + __add_preferred_console("ttynull", 0, NULL, NULL); return 1; + } if (_braille_console_setup(&str, &brl_options)) return 1; |