syslogd: MARK code is buggy. Disabling it altogether on anti-bloat grounds
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index fb1617a..f9d3de8 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -3054,7 +3054,6 @@
"System logging utility.\n" \
"Note that this version of syslogd ignores /etc/syslog.conf." \
"\n\nOptions:" \
- "\n -m MIN Minutes between MARK lines (default=20, 0=off)" \
"\n -n Run as foreground process" \
"\n -O FILE Use an alternate log file (default=/var/log/messages)" \
"\n -l n Sets the local log level of messages to n" \
@@ -3068,6 +3067,7 @@
USE_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG( \
"\n -C[size(KiB)] Log to a shared mem buffer (read the buffer using logread)")
/* NB: -Csize shouldn't have space (because size is optional) */
+/* "\n -m MIN Minutes between MARK lines (default=20, 0=off)" */
#define syslogd_example_usage \
"$ syslogd -R masterlog:514\n" \
"$ syslogd -R 192.168.1.1:601\n"
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 53290f1..53cb4ba 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@
static const char *logFilePath = "/var/log/messages";
static int logFD = -1;
+/* This is not very useful, is bloat, and broken:
+ * can deadlock if alarmed to make MARK while writing to IPC buffer
+ * (semaphores are down but do_mark routine tries to down them again) */
+#ifdef SYSLOGD_MARK
/* interval between marks in seconds */
static int markInterval = 20 * 60;
+#endif
/* level of messages to be locally logged */
static int logLevel = 8;
@@ -448,6 +453,7 @@
exit(1);
}
+#ifdef SYSLOGD_MARK
static void do_mark(int sig)
{
if (markInterval) {
@@ -455,6 +461,7 @@
alarm(markInterval);
}
}
+#endif
static void do_syslogd(void) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
static void do_syslogd(void)
@@ -473,8 +480,10 @@
#ifdef SIGCLD
signal(SIGCLD, SIG_IGN);
#endif
+#ifdef SYSLOGD_MARK
signal(SIGALRM, do_mark);
alarm(markInterval);
+#endif
memset(&sunx, 0, sizeof(sunx));
sunx.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
@@ -558,8 +567,10 @@
/* do normal option parsing */
opt_complementary = "=0"; /* no non-option params */
getopt32(argc, argv, OPTION_STR, OPTION_PARAM);
+#ifdef SYSLOGD_MARK
if (option_mask32 & OPT_mark) // -m
markInterval = xatou_range(opt_m, 0, INT_MAX/60) * 60;
+#endif
//if (option_mask32 & OPT_nofork) // -n
//if (option_mask32 & OPT_outfile) // -O
if (option_mask32 & OPT_loglevel) // -l