Changelog

Changelog for 7.3.4 (v7-devel)

Version 7.3.4 [devel] 2012-11-23

  • further (and rather drastically) improved disk queue performance
    we now save one third of the IO calls
  • imklog: added ParseKernelTimestamp parameter (import from 5.10.2)
    Thanks to Marius Tomaschewski for the patch.
  • imklog: added KeepKernelTimestamp parameter (import from 5.10.2)
    Thanks to Marius Tomaschewski for the patch.
  • bugfix: improper handling of backslash in string-type template()s
  • bugfix: leading quote (“) in string-type template() lead to thight loop
    on startup
  • bugfix: no error msg on invalid field option in legacy/string template
  • bugfix: imklog mistakenly took kernel timestamp subseconds as nanoseconds
    … actually, they are microseconds. So the fractional part of the
    timestamp was not properly formatted. (import from 5.10.2)
    Thanks to Marius Tomaschewski for the bug report and the patch idea.

Changelog for 7.2.3 (v7-stable)

Version 7.2.3 [v7-stable] 2012-11-21

  • regression fix: rsyslogd terminated when wild-card $IncludeConfig did not
    find actual include files. For example, if this directive is present:
    $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf
    and there are no *.conf files in /etc/rsyslog.d (but rsyslog.d exists),
    rsyslogd will emit an error message and terminate. Previous (and expected)
    behaviour is that an empty file set is no problem. HOWEVER, if the
    directory itself does not exist, this is flagged as an error and will
    load to termination (no startup).
    Unfortunately, this is often the case by default in many distros, so this
    actually prevents rsyslog startup.

Changelog for 7.2.2 (v7-stable)

Version 7.2.2 [v7-stable] 2012-10-16

  • doc improvements
  • enabled to build without libuuid, at loss of uuid functionality
    this enables smoother builds on older systems that do not support
    libuuid. Loss of functionality should usually not matter too much as
    uuid support has only recently been added and is very seldom used.
  • bugfix: omfwd did not properly support “template” parameter
  • bugfix: potential segfault when re_match() function was used
    Thanks to oxpa for the patch.
    closes: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=371
  • bugfix: potential abort of imtcp on rsyslogd shutdown
  • bugfix: imzmq3 segfault with PULL subscription
    Thanks to Martin Nilsson for the patch.
  • bugfix: improper handling of backslash in string-type template()s
  • bugfix: leading quote (“) in string-type template() lead to thight loop
    on startup
  • bugfix: no error msg on invalid field option in legacy/string template
  • bugfix: potential segfault due to invalid param handling in comparisons
    This could happen in RainerScript comparisons (like contains); in some
    cases an unitialized variable was accessed, which could lead to an
    invalid free and in turn to a segfault.
    closes: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372
    Thanks to Georgi Georgiev for reporting this bug and his great help
    in solving it.
  • bugfix: no error msg on unreadable $IncludeConfig path
  • bugfix: $IncludeConfig did not correctly process directories
    closes: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=376
    The testbench was also enhanced to check for these cases.
    Thanks to Georgi Georgiev for the bug report.
  • bugfix: make rsyslog compile on kfreebsd again
    closes: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=380
    Thanks to Guillem Jover for the patch
  • bugfix: garbled message if field name was used with jsonf property option
    The length for the field name was invalidly computed, resulting in either
    truncated field names or including extra random data. If the random data
    contained NULs, the rest of the message became unreadable.
  • bugfix: potential segfault at startup with property-based filter
    If the property name was followed by a space before the comma, rsyslogd
    aborted on startup. Note that no segfault could happen if the initial
    startup went well (this was a problem with the config parser).
    closes: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=381
  • bugfix: imfile discarded some file parts
    File lines that were incomplete (LF missing) *at the time imfile polled
    the file* were partially discarded. That part of the line that was read
    without the LF was discarded, and the rest of the line was submitted in
    the next polling cycle. This is now changed so that the partial content
    is saved until the complete line is read. Note that the patch affects
    only read mode 0.
    Thanks to Milan Bartos for providing the base idea for the solution.

Changelog for 7.3.3 (v7-devel)

Version 7.3.3  [devel] 2012-11-07

  • improved disk queue performance
  • bugfix: dynafile zip files could be corrupted
    This could happen if a dynafile was destructed before the first write. In practice, this could happen if few lines were written to a file and it then became evicted from the dynafile cache. This would probably look very random, because it depended on the timing in regard to message volume and dynafile cache size.

Changelog for 7.3.2 (v7-devel)

Version 7.3.2 [devel] 2012-10-30

  • totally reworked ratelimiting and “last message repeated n times”
    all over rsyslog code. Each of the supported inputs now supports
    linux-like ratelimiting (formerly only imuxsock did). Also, the
    “last message repeated n times” is now processed at the input side
    and no longer at the output side of rsyslog processing. This
    provides the basis for new future additions as well as usually more
    performance and a much simpler output part (which can be even further
    refactored).
  • imtcp: support for Linux-Type ratelimiting added
  • imptcp: support for Linux-Type ratelimiting added
  • imudp enhancements:
    • support for input batching added (performance improvement)
    • support for Linux-Type ratelimiting added
  • permited action-like statements (stop, call, …) in action lists
  • bugfix: segfault on startup when modules using MSG_PASSING mode are used
  • omelasticsearch: support for writing data errors to local file added
  • omelasticsearch: fix check for bulk processing status response

Changelog for 7.2.1 (v7-stable)

Version 7.2.1  [v7-stable] 2012-10-29

  • bugfix: ruleset()-object did only support a single statement
  • added -D rsyslogd option to enable config parser debug mode
  • improved syntax error messages by outputting the error token
  • the rsyslog core now suspeneds actions after 10 failures in a row
    This was former the case after 1,000 failures and could cause rsyslog
    to be spammed/ressources misused. See the v6 compatibility doc for more details.
  • ommongodb rate-limits error messages to prevent spamming the syslog
    closes (for v7.2): http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=366

Changelog for 7.3.1 (v7-devel)

Version 7.3.1  [devel] 2012-10-19

  • optimized template processing performance, especially for $NOW family of properties
  • change lumberjack cookie to “@cee:” from “@cee: ”
    CEE originally specified the cookie with SP, whereas other lumberjack tools used it without space. In order to keep interop with lumberjack, we now use the cookie without space as well. I hope this can be changed in CEE as well when it is released at a later time.
    Thanks to Miloslav Trmač for pointing this out and a similiar v7 patch.
  • bugfix: imuxsock and imklog truncated head of received message
    This happened only under some circumstances. Thanks to Marius
    Tomaschwesky, Florian Piekert and Milan Bartos for their help in solving this issue.
  • bugfix: imuxsock did not properly honor $LocalHostIPIF

Changelog for 7.1.12 (v7-beta)

Version 7.1.12  [beta] 2012-10-18

  • minor updates to better support newer systemd developments
    Thanks to Michael Biebl for the patches.
  • build system cleanup
    Thanks to Michael Biebl for the patch series.
  • cleanup: removed remains of -c option (compatibility mode) both from code & doc and emitted warning message if still used
    closes: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=361
    Thanks to Michael Biebl for reporting & suggestions
  • bugfix: imklog truncated head of received message
    This happened only under some circumstances. Thanks to Marius Tomaschwesky and Florian Piekert for their help in solving this issue.
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