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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-07-26 18:25:33 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-07-26 18:25:33 (GMT) |
commit | fa93669a1917f93b09142d4b2298329b82d7d36d (patch) | |
tree | 7f8d6dc9d1fbb086c59a799a3a7137c46fb9959e /Documentation/ABI/testing | |
parent | b13bc8dda81c54a66a1c84e66f60b8feba659f28 (diff) | |
parent | 6791457a090d9a234a40b501c2536f0aefaeae4b (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-fa93669a1917f93b09142d4b2298329b82d7d36d.tar.xz |
Merge tag 'driver-core-3.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core
Pull driver core changes from Greg Kroah-Hartman:
"Here's the big driver core pull request for 3.6-rc1.
Unlike 3.5, this kernel should be a lot tamer, with the printk changes
now settled down. All we have here is some extcon driver updates, w1
driver updates, a few printk cleanups that weren't needed for 3.5, but
are good to have now, and some other minor fixes/changes in the driver
core.
All of these have been in the linux-next releases for a while now.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>"
* tag 'driver-core-3.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (38 commits)
printk: Export struct log size and member offsets through vmcoreinfo
Drivers: hv: Change the hex constant to a decimal constant
driver core: don't trigger uevent after failure
extcon: MAX77693: Add extcon-max77693 driver to support Maxim MAX77693 MUIC device
sysfs: fail dentry revalidation after namespace change fix
sysfs: fail dentry revalidation after namespace change
extcon: spelling of detach in function doc
extcon: arizona: Stop microphone detection if we give up on it
extcon: arizona: Update cable reporting calls and split headset
PM / Runtime: Do not increment device usage counts before probing
kmsg - do not flush partial lines when the console is busy
kmsg - export "continuation record" flag to /dev/kmsg
kmsg - avoid warning for CONFIG_PRINTK=n compilations
kmsg - properly print over-long continuation lines
driver-core: Use kobj_to_dev instead of re-implementing it
driver-core: Move kobj_to_dev from genhd.h to device.h
driver core: Move deferred devices to the end of dpm_list before probing
driver core: move uevent call to driver_register
driver core: fix shutdown races with probe/remove(v3)
Extcon: Arizona: Add driver for Wolfson Arizona class devices
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/testing')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg | 29 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg b/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg index 281ecc5..7e7e07a 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg @@ -58,16 +58,18 @@ Description: The /dev/kmsg character device node provides userspace access The output format consists of a prefix carrying the syslog prefix including priority and facility, the 64 bit message - sequence number and the monotonic timestamp in microseconds. - The values are separated by a ','. Future extensions might - add more comma separated values before the terminating ';'. - Unknown values should be gracefully ignored. + sequence number and the monotonic timestamp in microseconds, + and a flag field. All fields are separated by a ','. + + Future extensions might add more comma separated values before + the terminating ';'. Unknown fields and values should be + gracefully ignored. The human readable text string starts directly after the ';' and is terminated by a '\n'. Untrusted values derived from hardware or other facilities are printed, therefore - all non-printable characters in the log message are escaped - by "\x00" C-style hex encoding. + all non-printable characters and '\' itself in the log message + are escaped by "\x00" C-style hex encoding. A line starting with ' ', is a continuation line, adding key/value pairs to the log message, which provide the machine @@ -75,11 +77,11 @@ Description: The /dev/kmsg character device node provides userspace access userspace. Example: - 7,160,424069;pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io 0x0000-0x0cf7] (ignored) + 7,160,424069,-;pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io 0x0000-0x0cf7] (ignored) SUBSYSTEM=acpi DEVICE=+acpi:PNP0A03:00 - 6,339,5140900;NET: Registered protocol family 10 - 30,340,5690716;udevd[80]: starting version 181 + 6,339,5140900,-;NET: Registered protocol family 10 + 30,340,5690716,-;udevd[80]: starting version 181 The DEVICE= key uniquely identifies devices the following way: b12:8 - block dev_t @@ -87,4 +89,13 @@ Description: The /dev/kmsg character device node provides userspace access n8 - netdev ifindex +sound:card0 - subsystem:devname + The flags field carries '-' by default. A 'c' indicates a + fragment of a line. All following fragments are flagged with + '+'. Note, that these hints about continuation lines are not + neccessarily correct, and the stream could be interleaved with + unrelated messages, but merging the lines in the output + usually produces better human readable results. A similar + logic is used internally when messages are printed to the + console, /proc/kmsg or the syslog() syscall. + Users: dmesg(1), userspace kernel log consumers |