Re: Re: printk performance logging without syslogd for router

william fitzgerald (william.fitzgerald3@beer.com)
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:33:02 +2400


---- Begin Original Message ----
From: Peter Wächtler <pwaechtler@loewe-komp.de>
Sent: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:15:45 +0100
To: william fitzgerald
<william.fitzgerald3@beer.com>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: printk performance logging without
syslogd for router

william fitzgerald wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> (perforamnce logging of network stack through a
> linux router)
>
> the main question:
>
> is there a way i can buffer or record the
printk
> statements and print them to disk after my
> packets have gone through the router?
>

there is an option in syslogd to prevent
immediatly
writing to the logfile:

prefix the log with a dash:

kern.* -/var/log/kernelmessages

---- End Original Message ----

what does klogd do?

i thought klogd writes to disk if you turn off
syslogd.that way you only have one over head.

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