[Buildroot] [PATCH v4 3/4] sysklogd: rewrite init script

Matthew Weber matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com
Mon Nov 5 14:07:54 UTC 2018


Carlos,

On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 1:24 PM Carlos Santos <casantos at datacom.com.br> wrote:
>
> - Split it into S01syslogd and S02klogd to make every init script be
>   called the same as the executable it starts.
> - Implement start, stop, restart and reload as functions, like in other
>   init scripts, using start-stop-daemon.
> - Indent with tabs, not spaces.
> - Detect and report start/stop errors (previous version ignored them and
>   always reported OK).
> - Support /etc/default/$DAEMON configuration files.
> - Do not kill syslogd in "reload". Send a SIGHUP signal, instructing it
>   to perform a re-initialization.
> - Do not kill klogd in "reload". Send a signal (default 0, which does
>   nothing).  Users can configure this signal in /etc/default/klogd to
>   either SIGUSR1 or SIGUSR2.
>
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Santos <casantos at datacom.com.br>
> ---
> Changes v1->v2
> - Implement suggestions made by Arnout Vandecappelle
> Changes v2->v3
> - Include /etc/default/logging, not /etc/default/$DAEMON.
> Changes v3-v4
> - Follow the decisions taken at the Buildroot meeting.
> - Leave the daemon args themselves on a separate line, as suggested by
>   Arnout Vandecappelle.
> - Use a less fancy commit message :-)
> ---
>  package/sysklogd/S01logging  | 25 --------------
>  package/sysklogd/S01syslogd  | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  package/sysklogd/S02klogd    | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk |  6 ++--
>  4 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 package/sysklogd/S01logging
>  create mode 100644 package/sysklogd/S01syslogd
>  create mode 100644 package/sysklogd/S02klogd
>
> diff --git a/package/sysklogd/S01logging b/package/sysklogd/S01logging
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 1cbfe869fa..0000000000
> --- a/package/sysklogd/S01logging
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
> -#!/bin/sh
> -
> -case "$1" in
> -       start)
> -               printf "Starting logging: "
> -               /sbin/syslogd -m 0
> -               /sbin/klogd
> -               echo "OK"
> -               ;;
> -       stop)
> -               printf "Stopping logging: "
> -               [ -f /var/run/klogd.pid ] && kill `cat /var/run/klogd.pid`
> -               [ -f /var/run/syslogd.pid ] && kill `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid`
> -               echo "OK"
> -               ;;
> -       restart|reload)
> -               $0 stop
> -               $0 start
> -               ;;
> -       *)
> -               echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
> -               exit 1
> -esac
> -
> -exit $?
> diff --git a/package/sysklogd/S01syslogd b/package/sysklogd/S01syslogd
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..d0951f0235
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/sysklogd/S01syslogd
> @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
> +#!/bin/sh
> +
> +DAEMON="syslogd"
> +PIDFILE="/var/run/$DAEMON.pid"
> +
> +SYSLOGD_ARGS="-m 0"
> +
> +# shellcheck source=/dev/null
> +[ -r "/etc/default/$DAEMON" ] && . "/etc/default/$DAEMON"
> +
> +start() {
> +       printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
> +       # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
> +       start-stop-daemon -S -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "/sbin/$DAEMON" \
> +               -- $SYSLOGD_ARGS
> +       status=$?
> +       if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
> +               echo "OK"
> +       else
> +               echo "FAIL"
> +       fi
> +       return "$status"
> +}
> +
> +stop() {
> +       printf 'Stopping %s: ' "$DAEMON"
> +       start-stop-daemon -K -q -p "$PIDFILE"
> +       status=$?
> +       if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
> +               echo "OK"
> +       else
> +               echo "FAIL"
> +       fi
> +       return "$status"
> +}
> +
> +restart() {
> +       stop

Similar question to the busybox syslog vs klog.  What happens if you
restart the syslog daemon with klogd not stopped?  Do we need to
handle that case with stopping it or printing a warning?

> +       sleep 1
> +       start
> +}
> +
> +# SIGHUP makes syslogd reload its configuration
> +reload() {
> +       printf 'Reloading %s: ' "$DAEMON"
> +       start-stop-daemon -K -s HUP -q -p "$PIDFILE"
> +       status=$?
> +       if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
> +               echo "OK"
> +       else
> +               echo "FAIL"
> +       fi
> +       return "$status"
> +}
> +
> +case "$1" in
> +        start|stop|restart|reload)
> +                "$1";;
> +        *)
> +                echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}"
> +                exit 1
> +esac
> diff --git a/package/sysklogd/S02klogd b/package/sysklogd/S02klogd
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..93f39e1f0e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/sysklogd/S02klogd
> @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
> +#!/bin/sh
> +
> +DAEMON="klogd"
> +PIDFILE="/var/run/$DAEMON.pid"
> +
> +KLOGD_ARGS=""
> +
> +KLOGD_RELOAD="0"
> +
> +# shellcheck source=/dev/null
> +[ -r "/etc/default/$DAEMON" ] && . "/etc/default/$DAEMON"
> +
> +start() {
> +       printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
> +       # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
> +       start-stop-daemon -S -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "/sbin/$DAEMON" \
> +               -- $KLOGD_ARGS
> +       status=$?
> +       if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
> +               echo "OK"
> +       else
> +               echo "FAIL"
> +       fi
> +       return "$status"
> +}
> +
> +stop() {
> +       printf 'Stopping %s: ' "$DAEMON"
> +       start-stop-daemon -K -q -p "$PIDFILE"
> +       status=$?
> +       if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
> +               echo "OK"
> +       else
> +               echo "FAIL"
> +       fi
> +       return "$status"
> +}
> +
> +restart() {
> +       stop
> +       sleep 1
> +       start
> +}
> +
> +# SIGUSR1 makes klogd reload kernel module symbols
> +# SIGUSR2 makes klogd reload static kernel symbols and kernel module symbols
> +reload() {
> +       printf 'Reloading %s: ' "$DAEMON"
> +       start-stop-daemon -K -s "$KLOGD_RELOAD" -q -p "$PIDFILE"
> +       status=$?
> +       if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
> +               echo "OK"
> +       else
> +               echo "FAIL"
> +       fi
> +       return "$status"
> +}
> +
> +case "$1" in
> +        start|stop|restart|reload)
> +                "$1";;
> +        *)
> +                echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}"
> +                exit 1
> +esac
> diff --git a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
> index c4f064c10b..976438c110 100644
> --- a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
> +++ b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
> @@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ define SYSKLOGD_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
>  endef
>
>  define SYSKLOGD_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
> -       $(INSTALL) -m 755 -D package/sysklogd/S01logging \
> -               $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S01logging
> +       $(INSTALL) -m 755 -D package/sysklogd/S01syslogd \
> +               $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S01syslogd
> +       $(INSTALL) -m 755 -D package/sysklogd/S02klogd \
> +               $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S02klogd

So by default the user may take a busybox based target and get the
logging daemons from busybox's default config.  Then they choose to go
enable one of the other logging options but don't understand they need
to make a custom busybox config.  For sysklogd, the install would just
copy over the init scripts busybox installed, however do we need to
handle this case with rsyslog(S02klogd would be left in the target
from busybox) and syslog-ng(both S01/S02 would be left) ?  Maybe a
check for existance and exit with warning that the busybox
configuration needs to have logging disabled....

Reviewed-by: Matt Weber <matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com>



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