sysdump: ignore files inside /sys/kernel/debug to avoid hanging

[grml-hwinfo.git] / sysdump

diff --git a/sysdump b/sysdump
index 17c2b9f..177424c 100755 (executable)
--- a/sysdump
+++ b/sysdump
@@ -62,7 +62,15 @@ sub dump_value($$)
        my $level = shift;
        my $file = shift;
 
-       open (FILE, "<$file") || print "can't open $file: $!";
+       if ($file =~ "/sys/kernel/debug/.*") {
+               print("ignoring file $file\n");
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       if (!open (FILE, "<$file")) {
+               print STDERR "can't open $file: '$!'\n";
+               return 0;
+       }
 
        my $value;
        {       local $/;