git: 29ec3907f193 - main - syslogd: Improve handling of configuration errors

From: Mark Johnston <markj_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:16:37 UTC
The branch main has been updated by markj:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=29ec3907f193e205a1c2118c182ec43e51baf717

commit 29ec3907f193e205a1c2118c182ec43e51baf717
Author:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-16 19:50:45 +0000
Commit:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-16 20:16:12 +0000

    syslogd: Improve handling of configuration errors
    
    Make parse_selector() print a warning to stderr and continue parsing the
    config if it encounters an invalid facility or priority.  Note that
    because the parsing is done from a casper service, there isn't a good
    mechanism to log errors; the warnings are visible only when syslogd is
    started in debug mode.
    
    Reported by:    Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
    MFC after:      1 week
    Fixes:          f4b4a10abb26 ("syslogd: Move selector parsing into its own function")
    Reviewed by:    jfree, jlduran, eugen, delphij
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55033
---
 usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c
index f109fcd02563..1b894ae54fc6 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c
@@ -2932,8 +2932,9 @@ parse_selector(const char *p, struct filed *f)
 
 		pri = decode(buf, prioritynames);
 		if (pri < 0) {
-			dprintf("unknown priority name \"%s\"", buf);
-			return (NULL);
+			warnx("unknown priority name \"%s\", setting to 'info'",
+			    buf);
+			pri = LOG_INFO;
 		}
 	}
 	if (!pri_cmp)
@@ -2955,11 +2956,12 @@ parse_selector(const char *p, struct filed *f)
 		} else {
 			i = decode(buf, facilitynames);
 			if (i < 0) {
-				dprintf("unknown facility name \"%s\"", buf);
-				return (NULL);
+				warnx("unknown facility name \"%s\", ignoring",
+				    buf);
+			} else {
+				f->f_pmask[i >> 3] = pri;
+				f->f_pcmp[i >> 3] = pri_cmp;
 			}
-			f->f_pmask[i >> 3] = pri;
-			f->f_pcmp[i >> 3] = pri_cmp;
 		}
 		while (*p == ',' || *p == ' ')
 			p++;