Re: [PATCH - RFC] [1/2] 2.6 must-fix list - kernel error reporting

[James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Jim Keniston wrote:

+       kerror_nl = netlink_kernel_create(NETLINK_KERROR, kerror_netlink_rcv);
+       if (kerror_nl == NULL)
+               panic("kerror_init: cannot initialize kerror_nl\n");

You can simply use NULL instead of passing the dummy kerror_netlink_rcv
function.

+struct kern_log_entry {
+       __u16   log_kmagic;     /* always LOGREC_KMAGIC */
+       __u16   log_kversion;   /* which version of this struct? */
+       char    log_facility[FACILITY_MAXLEN];  /* e.g., driver name */

These fields should generally be specified in ascending order to help with 
alignment.

It may also be worth looking at how the ULOG code batches messages to 
improve peformance.




- James
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James Morris
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