syslog-ng: fix OOM issues by adding support for logrotate

With heavy system logging which goes by default into `/var/log/messages`
log file which is usually placed in tmpfs/RAM one can trigger OOM killer
fairly easily, thus killing random processes and in some cases making
system unusable.

This is likely happening due to the fact, that Linux by default uses 1/2
of available RAM for tmpfs, which might be for example an issue on low
RAM devices with ath10k wireless.

So let's fix it by adding logrotate functionality which should limit the
size of `/var/log/messages` log file to 1M by default, but could be
tweaked by config knob if needed be.

Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz@true.cz>
(cherry picked from commit 660fa63faf)
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Petr Štetiar 2022-08-09 10:28:43 +02:00 committed by Josef Schlehofer
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commit bca4b82fc1
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ define Package/syslog-ng
CATEGORY:=Administration
TITLE:=A powerful syslog daemon
URL:=https://www.syslog-ng.com/products/open-source-log-management/
DEPENDS:=+libpcre +glib2 +libopenssl +libpthread +librt +zlib +libdbi +libjson-c +libcurl +libuuid
DEPENDS:=+libpcre +glib2 +libopenssl +libpthread +librt +zlib +libdbi +libjson-c +libcurl +libuuid +SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE:logrotate
endef
define Package/syslog-ng/description
@ -48,11 +48,39 @@ define Package/syslog-ng/conffiles
/etc/scl.conf
endef
define Package/syslog-ng/config
config SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE
bool "Logrotate support"
depends on PACKAGE_syslog-ng
default n
help
It adds support for logrotate functionality.
config SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE_MAXSIZE
string "Maximum size of /var/log/messages log file"
depends on SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE
default "1M"
help
Log files are rotated when they grow bigger than defined size bytes.
config SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE_ROTATE_COUNT
int "Maximum rotation count for /var/log/messages log file"
depends on SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE
default 1
help
Log files are rotated count times before being removed or mailed to
the address specified in a mail directive. If count is 0, old
versions are removed rather than rotated.
endef
define Build/Configure
$(SED) 's,-I/usr/include,,' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/configure
$(Build/Configure/Default)
endef
LOGROTATE_MAXSIZE:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE_MAXSIZE))
LOGROTATE_ROTATE:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE_ROTATE_COUNT))
CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
--disable-afsnmp \
$(call autoconf_bool,CONFIG_IPV6,ipv6) \
@ -98,6 +126,14 @@ define Package/syslog-ng/install
$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/syslog-ng/include/
$(CP) -r ./files/scl $(1)/usr/share/syslog-ng/include/
ifneq ($(strip $(CONFIG_SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE)),)
$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/logrotate.d
sed \
-e 's#@MAXSIZE@#$(LOGROTATE_MAXSIZE)#g' \
-e 's#@ROTATE@#$(LOGROTATE_ROTATE)#g' \
./files/syslog-ng.logrotate > $(1)/etc/logrotate.d/syslog-ng.conf
endif
endef
define Package/syslog-ng/postinst

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@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
/var/log/messages {
compress
copytruncate
delaycompress
notifempty
maxsize @MAXSIZE@
missingok
postrotate
/usr/sbin/syslog-ng-ctl reload > /dev/null
endscript
rotate @ROTATE@
}