[Buildroot] [PATCH 5/6] Rework the logging daemons startup

[Maxime Ripard]

The logging mechanism startup being in inittab, it isn't easy to
overcharge the default policy. With this patch, the startup of the
syslog daemon is moved to an init.d script, that can easily be
overwritten.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>
---
 fs/skeleton/etc/inittab    |    2 --
 package/busybox/S01logging |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 package/busybox/busybox.mk |    5 +++++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 package/busybox/S01logging

diff --git a/fs/skeleton/etc/inittab b/fs/skeleton/etc/inittab
index 0e50467..191c525 100644
--- a/fs/skeleton/etc/inittab
+++ b/fs/skeleton/etc/inittab
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 
 # Logging junk
 null::sysinit:/bin/touch /var/log/messages
-null::respawn:/sbin/syslogd -n -m 0
-null::respawn:/sbin/klogd -n
 tty3::respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages
 
 # Stuff to do for the 3-finger salute
diff --git a/package/busybox/S01logging b/package/busybox/S01logging
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6badebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/busybox/S01logging
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Start logging
+#
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	echo -n "Starting logging :"
+	start-stop-daemon -S -q -p /var/run/syslog.pid --exec /sbin/syslogd -- -m 0
+	start-stop-daemon -S -q -p /var/run/klogd.pid --exec /sbin/klogd
+	echo "OK"
+	;;
+  stop)
+	echo -n "Stopping logging :"
+	start-stop-daemon -K -q -p /var/run/syslog.pid
+	start-stop-daemon -K -q -p /var/run/klogd.pid
+	echo "OK"
+	;;
+  restart|reload)
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+	exit 1
+esac
+
+exit $?
diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index d2ba226..963c037 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ define BUSYBOX_DISABLE_MMU_APPLETS
 endef
 endif
 
+define BUSYBOX_INSTALL_LOGGING_SCRIPT
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 package/busybox/S01logging $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d
+endef
+
 # We do this here to avoid busting a modified .config in configure
 BUSYBOX_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += BUSYBOX_COPY_CONFIG
 
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ define BUSYBOX_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 			$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script; \
 	fi
 	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_MDEV_SCRIPT)
+	$(BUSYBOX_INSTALL_LOGGING_SCRIPT)
 endef
 
 define BUSYBOX_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-- 
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