The function read_buffer() implements read and clear functionally, but
we do not differentiate between these actions in main() for error
messages, and one generic "dmesg: read kernel buffer failed" is used
in all cases. That's a bug.
This patch removes the "clear" action from read_buffer() and keeps it
for buffer reading only. The "clear" action is implemented in main()
by separate klogctl(SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR) for cases. It means also for
"dmesg --read-clear"; we do not use SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR anymore.
In old versions "dmesg --syslog --read-clear" (syalog backed) was
implemented by logctl(SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR) and it returns no
data for non-root users (due to EPERM), "dmesg --read-clear" (kmsg)
returns data and EPERM for the "clear" action.
Now the command "dmesg --syslog --read-clear" and "dmesg --read-clear"
behaves in the same way -- returns data and EPERM for the "clear"
action.
Fixes: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1255 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>