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Why invent our own shared memory circular buffer when the kernel has a perfectly fine one already? This can be used as a smaller/simpler alternative to the syslogd IPC support (as IPC shmem/klogd/logread aren't needed), while also allowing centralised logging of everything (kernel messages, userspace bootup and syslog) when used together with ttyprintk. Notice that kernel 3.5+ is needed to store syslog facility in printk buffer, otherwise only the priority is stored. bloat-o-meter compared to IPC+klogd+logread: function old new delta get_linux_version_code - 84 +84 lbb_prepare 25 90 +65 applet_nameofs 6 - -6 static.stdout@@GLIBC_2 8 - -8 applet_names 23 9 -14 bb_msg_standard_output 16 - -16 init_sem 18 - -18 xatoull_range 19 - -19 overlapping_strcpy 21 - -21 init_data 56 32 -24 applet_main 24 - -24 main 124 99 -25 full_write2_str 26 - -26 error_exit 26 - -26 bb_basename 30 - -30 sem_up 32 - -32 interrupted 35 - -35 fflush_stdout_and_exit 38 - -38 bb_banner 46 - -46 find_applet_by_name 59 - -59 bb_signals_recursive_norestart 90 - -90 run_applet_no_and_exit 104 - -104 timestamp_and_log 651 523 -128 syslogd_main 798 581 -217 xstrtoull_range_sfx 267 - -267 run_applet_and_exit 432 - -432 klogd_main 490 - -490 logread_main 508 - -508 .rodata 1870 937 -933 bb_common_bufsiz1 8193 - -8193 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 2/26 grow/shrink: 1/6 up/down: 149/-11829) Total: -11680 bytes Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
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# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
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# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
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#
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menu "System Logging Utilities"
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INSERT
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config SYSLOGD
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bool "syslogd"
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default y
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help
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The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the
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significant events that occur on a system. Every
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message that is logged records the date and time of the
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event, and will generally also record the name of the
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application that generated the message. When used in
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conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel
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can also be recorded. This is terribly useful,
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especially for finding what happened when something goes
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wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
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you wait long enough....
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config FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
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bool "Rotate message files"
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default y
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depends on SYSLOGD
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help
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This enables syslogd to rotate the message files
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on his own. No need to use an external rotatescript.
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config FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG
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bool "Remote Log support"
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default y
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depends on SYSLOGD
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help
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When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can
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be used to send system log messages to another system
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connected via a network. This allows the remote
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machine to log all the system messages, which can be
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terribly useful for reducing the number of serial
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cables you use. It can also be a very good security
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measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with
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by an intruder.
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config FEATURE_SYSLOGD_DUP
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bool "Support -D (drop dups) option"
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default y
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depends on SYSLOGD
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help
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Option -D instructs syslogd to drop consecutive messages
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which are totally the same.
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config FEATURE_SYSLOGD_CFG
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bool "Support syslog.conf"
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default y
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depends on SYSLOGD
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help
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Supports restricted syslogd config. See docs/syslog.conf.txt
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config FEATURE_SYSLOGD_READ_BUFFER_SIZE
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int "Read buffer size in bytes"
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default 256
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range 256 20000
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depends on SYSLOGD
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help
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This option sets the size of the syslog read buffer.
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Actual memory usage increases around five times the
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change done here.
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config FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
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bool "Circular Buffer support"
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default y
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depends on SYSLOGD
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help
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When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
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use a circular buffer to record system log messages.
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When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite
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the oldest messages. This can be very useful for
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systems with little or no permanent storage, since
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otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your
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entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
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break badly.
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config FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE
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int "Circular buffer size in Kbytes (minimum 4KB)"
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default 16
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range 4 2147483647
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depends on FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
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help
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This option sets the size of the circular buffer
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used to record system log messages.
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config LOGREAD
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bool "logread"
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default y
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depends on FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
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help
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If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost
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certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
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utility will allow you to read the messages that are
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stored in the syslogd circular buffer.
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config FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING
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bool "Double buffering"
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default y
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depends on LOGREAD
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help
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'logread' ouput to slow serial terminals can have
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side effects on syslog because of the semaphore.
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This option make logread to double buffer copy
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from circular buffer, minimizing semaphore
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contention at some minor memory expense.
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config FEATURE_KMSG_SYSLOG
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bool "Linux kernel printk buffer support"
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default y
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depends on SYSLOGD
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select PLATFORM_LINUX
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help
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When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
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write system log message to the Linux kernel's printk buffer.
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This can be used as a smaller alternative to the syslogd IPC
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support, as klogd and logread aren't needed.
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NOTICE: Syslog facilities in log entries needs kernel 3.5+.
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config KLOGD
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bool "klogd"
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default y
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help
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klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all
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messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages
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out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
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you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel,
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you should enable this option.
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comment "klogd should not be used together with syslog to kernel printk buffer"
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depends on KLOGD && FEATURE_KMSG_SYSLOG
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config FEATURE_KLOGD_KLOGCTL
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bool "Use the klogctl() interface"
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default y
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depends on KLOGD
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select PLATFORM_LINUX
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help
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The klogd applet supports two interfaces for reading
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kernel messages. Linux provides the klogctl() interface
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which allows reading messages from the kernel ring buffer
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independently from the file system.
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If you answer 'N' here, klogd will use the more portable
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approach of reading them from /proc or a device node.
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However, this method requires the file to be available.
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If in doubt, say 'Y'.
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config LOGGER
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bool "logger"
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default y
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select FEATURE_SYSLOG
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help
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The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text
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messages to the system log (i.e. the 'syslogd' utility) so
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they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate
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problems that occur within programs and scripts.
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endmenu
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