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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greg Mefford
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Frank Hunleth
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
defmodule NervesLogging.SyslogTailer do
@moduledoc false
# This GenServer routes syslog messages from C-based applications and libraries through
# the Elixir Logger for collection.
use GenServer
alias NervesLogging.SyslogParser
require Logger
@syslog_path "/dev/log"
@doc """
Start the local syslog GenServer.
"""
@spec start_link(any()) :: GenServer.on_start()
def start_link(_args) do
GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, [], name: __MODULE__)
end
@impl GenServer
def init(_args) do
# Blindly try to remove an old file just in case it exists from a previous run
_ = File.rm(@syslog_path)
case :gen_udp.open(0, [:local, :binary, {:active, true}, {:ip, {:local, @syslog_path}}]) do
{:ok, log_port} ->
# All processes should be able to log messages
File.chmod!(@syslog_path, 0o666)
{:ok, log_port}
{:error, reason} ->
Logger.error("nerves_logger: not starting syslog server due to #{inspect(reason)}")
:ignore
end
end
@impl GenServer
def handle_info({:udp, log_port, _, 0, raw_entry}, log_port) do
case SyslogParser.parse(raw_entry) do
{:ok, %{facility: facility, severity: severity, message: message}} ->
Logger.log(severity, message, application: :"$syslog", facility: facility)
_ ->
# This is unlikely to ever happen, but if a message was somehow
# malformed and we couldn't parse the syslog priority, we should
# still do a best-effort to pass along the raw data.
Logger.warning("Malformed syslog report: #{inspect(raw_entry)}")
end
{:noreply, log_port}
end
def handle_info(_, state), do: {:noreply, state}
end