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-rw-r--r--include/usage.h4
-rw-r--r--sysklogd/klogd.c33
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index f9a831e85..44e618222 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -2063,11 +2063,11 @@
"\n -l List all signal names and numbers" \
#define klogd_trivial_usage \
- "[-c n] [-n]"
+ "[-c N] [-n]"
#define klogd_full_usage "\n\n" \
"Kernel logger\n" \
"\nOptions:" \
- "\n -c n Set the default log level of console messages to n" \
+ "\n -c N Only messages with level < N are printed to console" \
"\n -n Run in foreground" \
#define length_trivial_usage \
diff --git a/sysklogd/klogd.c b/sysklogd/klogd.c
index 983a59784..e719001cf 100644
--- a/sysklogd/klogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/klogd.c
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
#include <syslog.h>
#include <sys/klog.h>
-static void klogd_signal(int sig ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+static void klogd_signal(int sig)
{
- klogctl(7, NULL, 0);
- klogctl(0, NULL, 0);
+ /* FYI: cmd 7 is equivalent to setting console_loglevel to 7
+ * via klogctl(8, NULL, 7). */
+ klogctl(7, NULL, 0); /* "7 -- Enable printk's to console" */
+ klogctl(0, NULL, 0); /* "0 -- Close the log. Currently a NOP" */
syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "klogd: exiting");
kill_myself_with_sig(sig);
}
@@ -39,35 +41,33 @@ enum {
int klogd_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
int klogd_main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv)
{
- int i = i; /* silence gcc */
+ int i = 0;
char *start;
+ int opt;
- /* do normal option parsing */
- getopt32(argv, "c:n", &start);
-
- if (option_mask32 & OPT_LEVEL) {
+ opt = getopt32(argv, "c:n", &start);
+ if (opt & OPT_LEVEL) {
/* Valid levels are between 1 and 8 */
- i = xatoul_range(start, 1, 8);
+ i = xatou_range(start, 1, 8);
}
-
- if (!(option_mask32 & OPT_FOREGROUND)) {
+ if (!(opt & OPT_FOREGROUND)) {
bb_daemonize_or_rexec(DAEMON_CHDIR_ROOT, argv);
}
openlog("kernel", 0, LOG_KERN);
- /* Set up sig handlers */
bb_signals(0
+ (1 << SIGINT)
+ (1 << SIGTERM)
, klogd_signal);
signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
- /* "Open the log. Currently a NOP." */
+ /* "Open the log. Currently a NOP" */
klogctl(1, NULL, 0);
- /* Set level of kernel console messaging. */
- if (option_mask32 & OPT_LEVEL)
+ /* "printk() prints a message on the console only if it has a loglevel
+ * less than console_loglevel". Here we set console_loglevel = i. */
+ if (i)
klogctl(8, NULL, i);
syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "klogd started: %s", bb_banner);
@@ -80,11 +80,12 @@ int klogd_main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv)
int n;
int priority;
+ /* "2 -- Read from the log." */
n = klogctl(2, log_buffer, KLOGD_LOGBUF_SIZE - 1);
if (n < 0) {
if (errno == EINTR)
continue;
- syslog(LOG_ERR, "klogd: error from klogctl(2): %d - %m",
+ syslog(LOG_ERR, "klogd: error %d in klogctl(2): %m",
errno);
break;
}