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2     copy kmsg log lines
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">bool <b class="fsfunc">kmsg_dump_get_buffer </b>(</code></td><td>struct kmsg_dumper * <var class="pdparam">dumper</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>bool <var class="pdparam">syslog</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>char * <var class="pdparam">buf</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>size_t * <var class="pdparam">len</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1108506372"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>dumper</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     registered kmsg dumper
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>syslog</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     include the <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">&lt;4&gt;</span>&#8221;</span> prefixes
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>buf</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     buffer to copy the line to
9    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
10     maximum size of the buffer
11    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
12     length of line placed into buffer
13    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1108512300"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
14   Start at the end of the kmsg buffer and fill the provided buffer
15   with as many of the the *youngest* kmsg records that fit into it.
16   If the buffer is large enough, all available kmsg records will be
17   copied with a single call.
18   </p><p>
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20   Consecutive calls will fill the buffer with the next block of
21   available older records, not including the earlier retrieved ones.
22   </p><p>
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24   A return value of FALSE indicates that there are no more records to
25   read.
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