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LOG(7)                          Domain/OS SysV                          LOG(7)




NAME
     log - interface to STREAMS error logging and event tracing

SYNOPSIS
     log

DESCRIPTION
     log is a STREAMS software device driver that provides an interface for
     the STREAMS error logging and event tracing processes (strerr(1M),
     strace(1M)). log presents two separate interfaces: a function call
     interface through which STREAMS drivers and modules submit log messages;
     and a subset of ioctl(2) system calls and STREAMS messages for
     interaction with a user level error logger, a trace logger, or processes
     that need to submit their own log messages.

   STREAMS Interface
     log messages are generated within STREAMS by calls to the function
     strlog:


          strlog(mid, sid, level, flags, fmt, arg1, ...)
          short mid, sid;
          char level;
          ushort flags;
          char *fmt;
          unsigned arg1;

     where:  mid is the STREAMS module id number for the module or driver
     submitting the log message.  sid is an internal sub-id number usually
     used to identify a particular minor device of a driver.  level is a
     tracing level that allows for selective screening out of low priority
     messages from the tracer.  flags are any combination of SL_ERROR (the
     message is for the error logger), SL_TRACE (the message is for the
     tracer), SL_FATAL (advisory notification of a fatal error), and SL_NOTIFY
     (request that a copy of the message be mailed to the system administrator
     - not implemented).  fmt is a printf(3S) style format string, except that
     %s, %e, %E, %g, and %G conversion specifications are not handled.  Up to
     NLOGARGS (currently 3) numeric or character arguments can be provided.
     Required definitions are contained in <sys/strlog.h> and <sys/log.h>.

   User Interface
     log is opened via /dev/logd.  Each open of /dev/logd obtains a separate
     stream to log.  To receive log messages, a process must first notify log
     whether it is an error logger or trace logger via a STREAMS I_STR ioctl
     call (see below).  For the error logger, the I_STR ioctl has an ic_cmd
     field of I_ERRLOG, with no accompanying data.  For the trace logger, the
     ioctl has an ic_cmd field of I_TRCLOG, and must be accompanied by a data
     buffer containing an array of one or more struct trace_ids elements.
     Each trace_ids structure specifies a mid, sid, and level from which
     message will be accepted.  strlog accepts messages whose mid and sid
     exactly match those in the trace_ids structure, and whose level is less
     than or equal to the level given in the trace_ids structure.  A value of
     -1 in any of the fields of the trace_ids structure indicates that any
     value is accepted for that field.

     At most one trace logger and one error logger can be active at a time.
     Once the logger process has identified itself via the ioctl call, log
     begins sending messages subject to the restrictions noted above.  These
     messages are obtained via the getmsg(2) system call.  The control part of
     this message contains a log_ctl structure, which specifies the mid, sid,
     level, flags, time in ticks since boot that the message was submitted,
     the corresponding time in seconds since Jan. 1, 1970, and a sequence
     number.  The time in seconds since 1970 is provided so that the date and
     time of the message can be easily computed, and the time in ticks since
     boot is provided so that the relative timing of log messages can be
     determined.

     Different sequence numbers are maintained for the error and trace logging
     streams and are provided so that gaps in the sequence of messages can be
     determined (during times of high message traffic some messages may not be
     delivered by the logger to avoid hogging system resources).  The data
     part of the message contains the unexpanded text of the format string
     (null terminated), followed by NLOGARGS words for the arguments to the
     format string, aligned on the first word boundary following the format
     string.

     A process may also send a message of the same structure to log, even if
     it is not an error or trace logger.  The only fields of the log_ctl
     structure in the control part of the message that are accepted are the
     level and flags fields; all other fields are filled in by log before
     being forwarded to the appropriate logger.  The data portion must contain
     a null terminated format string, and any arguments (up to NLOGARGS) must
     be packed one word each, on the next word boundary following the end of
     the format string.

     Attempting to issue an I_TRCLOG or I_ERRLOG when a logging process of the
     given type already exists results in the error ENXIO being returned.
     Similarly, ENXIO is returned for I_TRCLOG ioctls without any trace_ids
     structures, or for any unrecognized I_STR ioctl calls.  Incorrectly
     formatted log messages sent to the driver by a user process are silently
     ignored (no error results).

EXAMPLES
     Example of I_ERRLOG notification.


          struct strioctl ioc;

          ioc.ic_cmd = I_ERRLOG;
          ioc.ic_timout = 0;  /* default timeout (15 secs.) */
          ioc.ic_len = 0;
          ioc.ic_dp = NULL;

          ioctl(log, I_STR, &ioc);
          Example of I_TRCLOG notification.


          struct trace_ids tid[2];

          tid[0].ti_mid = 2;
          tid[0].ti_sid = 0;
          tid[0].ti_level = 1;

          tid[1].ti_mid = 1002;
          tid[1].ti_sid = -1; /* any sub-id will be allowed */
          tid[1].ti_level = -1;    /* any level will be allowed */

          ioc.ic_cmd = I_TRCLOG;
          ioc.ic_timout = 0;
          ioc.ic_len = 2 * sizeof(struct trace_ids);
          ioc.ic_dp = (char *)tid;

          ioctl(log, I_STR, &ioc);

     Example of submitting a log message (no arguments).

          struct strbuf ctl, dat;
          struct log_ctl lc;
          char *message = "This is a message";

          ctl.len = ctl.maxlen = sizeof(lc);
          ctl.buf = (char *)&lc;

          dat.len = dat.maxlen = strlen(message) + 1;
          dat.buf = message;

          lc.level = 0;
          lc.flags = SL_ERROR|SL_NOTIFY;

          putmsg(log, &ctl, &dat, 0);

FILES
     /dev/logd, <sys/log.h>, <sys/strlog.h>

SEE ALSO
     strace(1M), strerr(1M), tracem(7)
     intro(2), getmsg(2), putmsg(2) in the  SysV Programmer's Reference.
     Programming with SysV STREAMS

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