[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] busybox: fix for syslog service in systemd

Aníbal Limón anibal.limon at linux.intel.com
Fri Jul 29 16:44:47 UTC 2016


On 07/26/2016 02:33 AM, mingli.yu at windriver.com wrote:
> This patch includes the following changes:
> 1. Explicitly set StandardOutput of the log daemon to null.
>    This would avoid creating a feedback loop of the syslog service.
>    See link below for more information.
>    http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/syslog/
> 
> 2. Use ALTERNATIVE machanism to manage the syslog service file.
>    This is because that other package may also provide a syslog
>    implementation.
> 
> 3. Make the syslog daemon socket activated only. Otherwise, things
>    would crash if we install busybox-syslog and other syslog packages
>    together in one image.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mingli Yu <mingli.yu at windriver.com>
> ---
>  meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc                     | 9 +++++++--
>  meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-klogd.service.in  | 4 +---
>  meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-syslog.service.in | 7 +++----
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
> index 5e91a26..2865b36 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
> @@ -295,13 +295,12 @@ do_install () {
>      if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','true','false',d)}; then
>          if grep -q "CONFIG_SYSLOGD=y" ${B}/.config; then
>              install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
> -            sed 's, at base_sbindir@,${base_sbindir},g' < ${WORKDIR}/busybox-syslog.service.in \
> +            sed -e 's, at base_sbindir@,${base_sbindir},g' -e 's, at SYSCONFDIR@,${sysconfdir},g' < ${WORKDIR}/busybox-syslog.service.in \
>  		> ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/busybox-syslog.service
>              if [ -f ${WORKDIR}/busybox-syslog.default ] ; then
>  		install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/default
>  		install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/busybox-syslog.default ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/busybox-syslog
>              fi
> -            ln -sf /dev/null ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/syslog.service
>          fi
>          if grep -q "CONFIG_KLOGD=y" ${B}/.config; then
>              install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
> @@ -338,6 +337,12 @@ python () {
>          d.appendVar('ALTERNATIVE_%s-syslog' % (pn), ' syslog-startup-conf')
>          d.setVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME', 'syslog-startup-conf', '%s/syslog-startup.conf' % (d.getVar('sysconfdir', True)))
>          d.setVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_TARGET', 'syslog-startup-conf', '%s/syslog-startup.conf.%s' % (d.getVar('sysconfdir', True), d.getVar('BPN', True)))
> +
> +    if bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', True, False, d):
> +        pn = d.getVar('PN', True)
> +        d.appendVar('ALTERNATIVE_%s-syslog' % (pn), ' syslog-service')
> +        d.setVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME', 'syslog-service', '%s/systemd/system/syslog.service' % (d.getVar('sysconfdir', True)))
> +        d.setVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_TARGET', 'syslog-service', '%s/system/busybox-syslog.service' % (d.getVar('systemd_unitdir', True)))
>  }
>  
>  python do_package_prepend () {
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-klogd.service.in b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-klogd.service.in
> index d7c7755..90cfc50 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-klogd.service.in
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-klogd.service.in
> @@ -3,6 +3,4 @@ Description=Kernel Logging Service
>  
>  [Service]
>  ExecStart=@base_sbindir@/klogd -n
> -
> -[Install]
> -WantedBy=multi-user.target

Hi Mingil,

This commit breaks the build when was tested in master-next [1],
i guess you are trying to use another syslog service in busybox images
but when you disable busybox-syslog for start by default (line below)
the sanity testing fails.

[1]
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/main/builders/nightly-qa-systemd/builds/868/steps/Running%20Sanity%20Tests/logs/stdio

> +StandardOutput=null
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-syslog.service.in b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-syslog.service.in
> index 2e04321..c84edaf 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-syslog.service.in
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/busybox-syslog.service.in
> @@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
>  [Unit]
>  Description=System Logging Service
>  Wants=busybox-klogd.service
> +Requires=syslog.socket
>  
>  [Service]
> -EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/busybox-syslog
> +EnvironmentFile=- at SYSCONFDIR@/default/busybox-syslog
>  ExecStart=@base_sbindir@/syslogd -n $OPTIONS
> -Sockets=syslog.socket
> +StandardOutput=null
>  
>  [Install]
> -WantedBy=multi-user.target

The same here,

Kind regards,
	alimon
>  Also=busybox-klogd.service
> -Alias=syslog.service
> 

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