On Mon 2014-07-21 08:02:36, Alex Elder wrote:
> If a log record has LOG_PREFIX set, its predecessor record should be
> terminated if it was marked LOG_CONT.
> 
> In devkmsg_read(), this condition was being ignored, which would
> lead to such records showing up combined when reading /dev/kmsg.
> Fix this oversight.
> 
> We should similarly insert a newline in msg_print_text() in this
> case, to avoid formatted records getting merged.
> 
> Suggested-by: Petr Mládek <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <[email protected]>

Best Regards,
Petr

> ---
>  kernel/printk/printk.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> index ffc9928..9f11eab 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char 
> __user *buf,
>       char cont = '-';
>       size_t len;
>       ssize_t ret;
> +     bool insert_newline;
>  
>       if (!user)
>               return -EBADF;
> @@ -625,7 +626,10 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char 
> __user *buf,
>                ((user->prev & LOG_CONT) && !(msg->flags & LOG_PREFIX)))
>               cont = '+';
>  
> -     len = sprintf(user->buf, "%u,%llu,%llu,%c;",
> +     /* Insert a newline if the previous line was not terminated properly */
> +     insert_newline = (user->prev & LOG_CONT) && (msg->flags & LOG_PREFIX);
> +     len = sprintf(user->buf, "%s%u,%llu,%llu,%c;",
> +                   insert_newline ? "\n" : "",
>                     (msg->facility << 3) | msg->level,
>                     user->seq, ts_usec, cont);
>       user->prev = msg->flags;
> @@ -1013,6 +1017,12 @@ static size_t msg_print_text(const struct printk_log 
> *msg, enum log_flags prev,
>                       newline = false;
>       }
>  
> +     if ((prev & LOG_CONT) && (msg->flags & LOG_PREFIX) && len < size) {
> +             if (buf)
> +                     buf[len++] = '\n';
> +             else
> +                     len++;
> +     }
>       do {
>               const char *next = memchr(text, '\n', text_size);
>               size_t text_len;
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
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