[Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] busybox 1.18.3: add patches for klogd and menuconfig

Gustavo Zacarias gustavo at zacarias.com.ar
Thu Mar 10 12:25:04 UTC 2011


Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo at zacarias.com.ar>
---
 .../busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-klogd.patch      |   45 ++++++++++++++++++++
 .../busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-menuconfig.patch |   11 +++++
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 package/busybox/busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-klogd.patch
 create mode 100644 package/busybox/busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-menuconfig.patch

diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-klogd.patch b/package/busybox/busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-klogd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2272cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-klogd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+--- busybox-1.18.3/sysklogd/klogd.c
++++ busybox-1.18.3-klogd/sysklogd/klogd.c
+@@ -150,12 +150,41 @@ int klogd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, ch
+ 	 */
+ 	klogd_open();
+ 	openlog("kernel", 0, LOG_KERN);
++	/*
++	 * glibc problem: for some reason, glibc changes LOG_KERN to LOG_USER
++	 * above. The logic behind this is that standard
++	 * http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/syslog.html
++	 * says the following about openlog and syslog:
++	 * "LOG_USER
++	 *  Messages generated by arbitrary processes.
++	 *  This is the default facility identifier if none is specified."
++	 *
++	 * I believe glibc misinterpreted this text as "if openlog's
++	 * third parameter is 0 (=LOG_KERN), treat it as LOG_USER".
++	 * Whereas it was meant to say "if *syslog* is called with facility
++	 * 0 in its 1st parameter without prior call to openlog, then perform
++	 * implicit openlog(LOG_USER)".
++	 *
++	 * As a result of this, eh, feature, standard klogd was forced
++	 * to open-code its own openlog and syslog implementation (!).
++	 *
++	 * Note that prohibiting openlog(LOG_KERN) on libc level does not
++	 * add any security: any process can open a socket to "/dev/log"
++	 * and write a string "<0>Voila, a LOG_KERN + LOG_EMERG message"
++	 *
++	 * Google code search tells me there is no widespread use of
++	 * openlog("foo", 0, 0), thus fixing glibc won't break userspace.
++	 *
++	 * The bug against glibc was filed:
++	 * bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547000
++	 */
+ 
+ 	if (i)
+ 		klogd_setloglevel(i);
+ 
+-	bb_signals(BB_FATAL_SIGS, record_signo);
+ 	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
++	/* We want klogd_read to not be restarted, thus _norestart: */
++	bb_signals_recursive_norestart(BB_FATAL_SIGS, record_signo);
+ 
+ 	syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "klogd started: %s", bb_banner);
+ 
diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-menuconfig.patch b/package/busybox/busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-menuconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc3eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox-1.18.3/busybox-1.18.3-menuconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- busybox-1.18.3/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
++++ busybox-1.18.3-menuconfig/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ search_help[] = N_(
+ 	"          USB$ => find all CONFIG_ symbols ending with USB\n"
+ 	"\n");
+ 
+-static char buf[4096], *bufptr = buf;
++static char buf[4096*10], *bufptr = buf;
+ static char input_buf[4096];
+ static const char filename[] = ".config";
+ static char *args[1024], **argptr = args;
-- 
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