Re: [PATCH 2/2] lib/vsprintf: reduce space taken by no_hash_pointers warning

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 07:23:34PM +0100, Marco Elver wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 18:23, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:

> > -       pr_warn("**********************************************************\n");
> > -       pr_warn("**   NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE   **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("**                                                      **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("** This system shows unhashed kernel memory addresses   **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("** via the console, logs, and other interfaces. This    **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("** might reduce the security of your system.            **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("**                                                      **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("** If you see this message and you are not debugging    **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("** the kernel, report this immediately to your system   **\n");
> 
> While we're here: This paragraph can be shortened by saying what
> kernel/trace/trace.c says ("..., report this immediately to your
> vendor!") which avoids the "administrator! <lots of wasted spaces>".

Aren't we discussed that and the point was that kernel configuration option is
in administrator's realm?

> > -       pr_warn("** administrator!                                       **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("**                                                      **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("**   NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE   **\n");
> > -       pr_warn("**********************************************************\n");

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko