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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *    distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+ * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+ * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
+ * OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
+ * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+ * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
+ * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+ * SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+#ifndef _SYSLOG_H
+#define _SYSLOG_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Alert levels */
+#define LOG_EMERG	0
+#define LOG_ALERT	1
+#define LOG_CRIT	2
+#define LOG_ERR		3
+#define LOG_WARNING	4
+#define LOG_NOTICE	5
+#define LOG_INFO	6
+#define LOG_DEBUG	7
+
+#define LOG_PRIMASK	7
+#define LOG_PRI(x)	((x) & LOG_PRIMASK)
+
+
+/* Facilities; not actually used */
+#define LOG_KERN	0000
+#define LOG_USER	0010
+#define LOG_MAIL	0020
+#define LOG_DAEMON	0030
+#define LOG_AUTH	0040
+#define LOG_SYSLOG	0050
+#define LOG_LPR		0060
+#define LOG_NEWS	0070
+#define LOG_UUCP	0100
+#define LOG_CRON	0110
+#define LOG_AUTHPRIV	0120
+#define LOG_FTP		0130
+#define LOG_LOCAL0	0200
+#define LOG_LOCAL1	0210
+#define LOG_LOCAL2	0220
+#define LOG_LOCAL3	0230
+#define LOG_LOCAL4	0240
+#define LOG_LOCAL5	0250
+#define LOG_LOCAL6	0260
+#define LOG_LOCAL7	0270
+
+#define LOG_FACMASK	01770
+#define LOG_FAC(x)	(((x) >> 3) & (LOG_FACMASK >> 3))
+
+#define	LOG_MASK(pri)	(1 << (pri))		/* mask for one priority */
+#define	LOG_UPTO(pri)	((1 << ((pri)+1)) - 1)	/* all priorities through pri */
+
+/* openlog() flags; only LOG_PID and LOG_PERROR supported */
+#define        LOG_PID         0x01    /* include pid with message */
+#define        LOG_CONS        0x02    /* write to console on logger error */
+#define        LOG_ODELAY      0x04    /* delay connection until syslog() */
+#define        LOG_NDELAY      0x08    /* open connection immediately */
+#define        LOG_NOWAIT      0x10    /* wait for child processes (unused on linux) */
+#define        LOG_PERROR      0x20    /* additional logging to stderr */
+
+/* BIONIC: the following definitions are from OpenBSD's sys/syslog.h
+ */
+struct syslog_data {
+	int	log_file;
+        int	connected;
+        int	opened;
+        int	log_stat;
+        const char 	*log_tag;
+        int 	log_fac;
+        int 	log_mask;
+};
+
+#define SYSLOG_DATA_INIT {-1, 0, 0, 0, (const char *)0, LOG_USER, 0xff}
+
+#define _PATH_LOG  "/dev/kmsg"
+
+extern void	closelog(void);
+extern void	openlog(const char *, int, int);
+extern int	setlogmask(int);
+extern void	syslog(int, const char *, ...);
+extern void	vsyslog(int, const char *, va_list);
+extern void	closelog_r(struct syslog_data *);
+extern void	openlog_r(const char *, int, int, struct syslog_data *);
+extern int	setlogmask_r(int, struct syslog_data *);
+extern void	syslog_r(int, struct syslog_data *, const char *, ...);
+extern void	vsyslog_r(int, struct syslog_data *, const char *, va_list);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _SYSLOG_H */