Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] printk: convert byte-buffer to variable-lengthrecord buffer

[Kay Sievers]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Kay Sievers <kay@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On a 2.6.31 system, immediately after SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR, a
>>> SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD returns 0.
>>
>> Hmm, sounds like the right thing to do.
>
> Right.
>
> And that's the *OLD* behavior (2.6.31).

Ah, hmm, I read 2.6... as 3.6... :)

> So the new behavior is insane and different. Let's fix it.

Yeah.

> It looks like it is because the new SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD code
> does not take the new clear_seq code into account. Hmm?

Right, something like that. I'll take a look now ...

Thanks,
Kay
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