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From: Andrew M. <ak...@li...> - 2010-10-18 22:35:04
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:24:11 -0400 Seiji Aguchi <sei...@hd...> wrote: > Hi, > > Final messages from reboot, halt and poweroff aren't output to disk because klogd/syslogd > has been killed and root file system has been turned read-only. > > Final messages from emergency_restart aren't output to disk as well because system may > reboot before klogd/syslogd outputs messages to disk. > > Therefore, it is better to put kmsg_dumper in reboot/halt/poweroff/emergency_restart path. > Any comments/advices are welcome. > I don't get it. What actual problem are we solving here? Why is the current code inadequate? It would help to demonstrate some use-case and to explain how the situation improved with this patch. |