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/dev/kmsg reader
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18.0)
project(kmsgreader VERSION 0.1.0)
set(APP_NAME "kmsgreader")
set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
add_executable(${APP_NAME}
kmsgreader.c
)
target_compile_features(${APP_NAME}
PUBLIC
c_std_11
)
target_compile_options(${APP_NAME}
PUBLIC
-pthread
-pedantic
-Wall
-Wextra
-Werror
)
target_include_directories(${APP_NAME}
PUBLIC
$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}>
)
target_link_libraries(${APP_NAME}
PUBLIC
Threads::Threads
)
// MIT License
//
// Copyright (c) 2021 Mykhailo Piddubnyi
//
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//
// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
// SOFTWARE.
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <poll.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
static void sig_handler(int signo) {
if (signo == SIGINT) {
puts("Program terminated!");
exit(0);
}
}
static int open_kmsg(void) {
int fd = open("/dev/kmsg", O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("open");
return -1;
}
lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
return fd;
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
(void)argc, (void)argv;
signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
int fd = open_kmsg();
struct pollfd pfd;
pfd.fd = fd;
pfd.events = 0;
pfd.revents = 0;
pfd.events |= POLLIN;
while (1) {
int ret = poll(&pfd, 1, -1);
if (ret > 0) {
if (pfd.revents & POLLIN) {
const size_t BUF_SIZE = 8192;
char buf[BUF_SIZE + 1];
// https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg
// Every read() call gives us one record
ssize_t nbytes = read(pfd.fd, buf, BUF_SIZE);
if (nbytes > 0) {
buf[nbytes] = '\0';
printf("%s\n", buf);
} else if (nbytes == -1) {
perror("read");
} else if (nbytes == 0) {
puts("EOF");
} else if (nbytes == -EPIPE) {
puts("Some messages in circular buffer got overwritten");
continue;
} else if (nbytes == -EAGAIN) {
puts("-EAGAIN");
}
}
}
}
close(fd);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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