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-rw-r--r--sysklogd/Config.in19
-rw-r--r--sysklogd/logread.c7
-rw-r--r--sysklogd/syslogd.c14
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sysklogd/Config.in b/sysklogd/Config.in
index cb2ee0865..a671f59f1 100644
--- a/sysklogd/Config.in
+++ b/sysklogd/Config.in
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
break badly.
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE
+ int " Circular buffer size in Kbytes (minimum 4KB)"
+ default 16
+ depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
+ help
+ This option sets the size of the circular buffer
+ used to record system log messages.
+
config CONFIG_LOGREAD
bool " logread"
default y
@@ -66,6 +74,17 @@ config CONFIG_LOGREAD
utility will allow you to read the messages that are
stored in the syslogd circular buffer.
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING
+ bool " logread double buffering"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_LOGREAD
+ help
+ 'logread' ouput to slow serial terminals can have
+ side effects on syslog because of the semaphore.
+ This option make logread to double buffer copy
+ from circular buffer, minimizing semaphore
+ contention at some minor memory expense.
+
config CONFIG_KLOGD
bool "klogd"
default n
diff --git a/sysklogd/logread.c b/sysklogd/logread.c
index 524178fe8..207e78b57 100644
--- a/sysklogd/logread.c
+++ b/sysklogd/logread.c
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ extern int logread_main(int argc, char **argv)
i = follow ? buf->tail : buf->head;
do {
-#undef RC_LOGREAD
-#ifdef RC_LOGREAD
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING
char *buf_data;
int log_len,j;
#endif
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ extern int logread_main(int argc, char **argv)
}
// Read Memory
-#ifdef RC_LOGREAD
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING
log_len = buf->tail - i;
if (log_len < 0)
log_len += buf->size;
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ extern int logread_main(int argc, char **argv)
// release the lock on the log chain
sem_up(log_semid);
-#ifdef RC_LOGREAD
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING
for (j=0; j < log_len; j+=strlen(buf_data+j)+1) {
printf("%s", buf_data+j);
if (follow)
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 622500e48..42426ed80 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ static int local_logging = FALSE;
/* circular buffer variables/structures */
#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
+
+#if CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE < 4
+#error Sorry, you must set the syslogd buffer size to at least 4KB.
+#error Please check CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE
+#endif
+
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/sem.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
@@ -114,7 +120,7 @@ static struct sembuf SMwdn[3] = { {0, 0}, {1, 0}, {1, +1} }; // set SMwdn
static int shmid = -1; // ipc shared memory id
static int s_semid = -1; // ipc semaphore id
-static int data_size = 16000; // default data size
+static int shm_size = ((CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE)*1024); // default shm size
static int circular_logging = FALSE;
/*
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@ void ipcsyslog_cleanup(void)
void ipcsyslog_init(void)
{
if (buf == NULL) {
- if ((shmid = shmget(KEY_ID, data_size, IPC_CREAT | 1023)) == -1) {
+ if ((shmid = shmget(KEY_ID, shm_size, IPC_CREAT | 1023)) == -1) {
bb_perror_msg_and_die("shmget");
}
@@ -164,7 +170,7 @@ void ipcsyslog_init(void)
bb_perror_msg_and_die("shmat");
}
- buf->size = data_size - sizeof(*buf);
+ buf->size = shm_size - sizeof(*buf);
buf->head = buf->tail = 0;
// we'll trust the OS to set initial semval to 0 (let's hope)
@@ -654,7 +660,7 @@ extern int syslogd_main(int argc, char **argv)
if (optarg) {
int buf_size = atoi(optarg);
if (buf_size >= 4) {
- data_size = buf_size;
+ shm_size = buf_size;
}
}
circular_logging = TRUE;