Subject: lib/951: Syslog and vsyslog do not honor log mask from setlogmask
To: None <gnats-admin@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/10/1995 18:05:09
>Number:         951
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       Syslog and vsyslog do not honor log mask from setlogmask
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 10 18:05:06 1995
>Originator:     Ted Lemon
>Organization:
Chukkung Ri Avalance Works
>Release:        April 9, 1995
>Environment:
System: NetBSD toccata 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (TOCCATA) #55: Sun Apr 9 23:32:09 PDT 1995 mellon@toccata:/sandbox/NetBSD-current/sys/arch/pmax/compile/TOCCATA pmax


>Description:
	I have syslog(LOG_DEBUG, ...) statements sprinkled throughout
	my code.   In order to prevent these from polluting the log when
	I'm not debugging, I have a setlogmask(LOG_UPTO(LOG_INFO))
	call in my program right after openlog().   Unfortunately, on
	BSD/OS, this has no effect.

>How-To-Repeat:
	See above.
>Fix:
	It's an operator precedence bug.   The fix is an extra pair of
	parentheses:

*** /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/syslog.c	Thu Feb  2 22:24:25 1995
--- syslog.c	Mon Apr 10 17:10:26 1995
***************
*** 110,114 ****
  
  	/* Check priority against setlogmask values. */
! 	if (!LOG_MASK(LOG_PRI(pri)) & LogMask)
  		return;
  
--- 110,114 ----
  
  	/* Check priority against setlogmask values. */
! 	if (!(LOG_MASK(LOG_PRI(pri)) & LogMask))
  		return;
  
>Audit-Trail:
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