[arch-general] syslog-ng makes a kernel WARNING in 2.6.38

[Jelle van der Waa]

On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 02:44 +0100, Damjan wrote: 
> I'm running a self compiled 2.6.38-rc6-00113-g4662db4 on my 64bit 
> desktop, and I get a nasty warning in dmesg complaining about capabilities.
> 
> Is this a syslog-ng issue, or something with the package in Arch, or 
> maybe I need to setup some capabilities to the binary?
> 
> syslog-ng is 3.2.2-1, the full kernel warning is below, but afaik most 
> important is:
> Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated).
> 
> 
> 
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at kernel/printk.c:288 do_syslog+0xc1/0x510()
> Hardware name: A780GM-A
> Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated).
> Modules linked in: usb_storage uas joydev usbhid hid btusb bluetooth 
> rfkill sp5100_tco snd_seq_dummy snd_hda_cod
> ec_hdmi snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device atl1 mii 
> snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_hda_codec_i
> dt floppy edac_core edac_mce_amd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd i2c_piix4 usbcore 
> snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_p
> cm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc evdev pcspkr shpchp 
> pci_hotplug sg button thermal k8temp ip_tables x_t
> ables fuse kvm_amd kvm powernow_k8 freq_table processor mperf ext4 
> mbcache jbd2 crc16 sd_mod sr_mod cdrom pata_a
> cpi ahci libahci pata_atiixp libata scsi_mod radeon ttm drm_kms_helper 
> drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core cfbcopyarea cfb
> imgblt cfbfillrect
> Pid: 3082, comm: syslog-ng Not tainted 2.6.38-rc6-00113-g4662db4 #5
> Call Trace:
>   [<ffffffff81056afa>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0
>   [<ffffffff81056bd1>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50
>   [<ffffffff811bc154>] ? security_capable+0x24/0x30
>   [<ffffffff81057db1>] ? do_syslog+0xc1/0x510
>   [<ffffffff8119ca47>] ? kmsg_open+0x17/0x20
>   [<ffffffff811917e3>] ? proc_reg_open+0xa3/0x190
>   [<ffffffff8119ca30>] ? kmsg_open+0x0/0x20
>   [<ffffffff8119ca10>] ? kmsg_release+0x0/0x20
>   [<ffffffff81191740>] ? proc_reg_open+0x0/0x190
>   [<ffffffff81137ac0>] ? __dentry_open+0x100/0x370
>   [<ffffffff81143cbe>] ? generic_permission+0x1e/0xc0
>   [<ffffffff81138d61>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x71/0x80
>   [<ffffffff81147c18>] ? finish_open+0xc8/0x1b0
>   [<ffffffff81147422>] ? do_path_lookup+0x82/0x160
>   [<ffffffff81148359>] ? do_filp_open+0x259/0x800
>   [<ffffffff810bb270>] ? call_rcu+0x10/0x20
>   [<ffffffff81154bd4>] ? alloc_fd+0xf4/0x150
>   [<ffffffff8120064d>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x2d/0x40
>   [<ffffffff81138dd4>] ? do_sys_open+0x64/0x110
>   [<ffffffff81138e9b>] ? sys_open+0x1b/0x20
>   [<ffffffff8100bdd2>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> ---[ end trace 52dc0a1402a3a0af ]---
> 

If i recall there is an issue with .38 and syslog-ng, also check the
bugtracker https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/22555
-- 
Jelle van der Waa
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