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1From 8d6bfc60f38d2b0c2d5f1cca55cef64b6f9b3f42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2From: Jiyong Park <jiyong@google.com>
3Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:31:25 +0900
4Subject: [PATCH] Open /dev/kmsg in Android
5
6In Android, ordinary processes don't have privilege to open /dev/kmsg.
7That has been done by letting init open it (via `file /dev/kmsg w`) and
8share the file descriptor with the forked process. The file descriptor
9number is passed via an environment variable.
10
11Implement the procedure.
12
13Bug: 189805435
14Test: m
15Change-Id: I8e39c9bd506fdc9d37a7fb5cd2b14e7d4a5074b7
16---
17 src/lib.rs | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
18 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
19
20diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
21index 157c43d..d87df22 100644
22--- a/src/lib.rs
23+++ b/src/lib.rs
24@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extern crate log;
25 extern crate libc;
26
27 use std::fs::{OpenOptions, File};
28-use std::io::{Write, self};
29+use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, Write, self};
30 use std::sync::Mutex;
31 use std::env;
32
33@@ -75,10 +75,28 @@ impl KernelLog {
34         }
35     }
36
37+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
38+    fn open_kmsg() -> io::Result<File> {
39+        OpenOptions::new().write(true).open("/dev/kmsg")
40+    }
41+
42+    #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
43+    fn open_kmsg() -> io::Result<File> {
44+        // In Android, a process normally doesn't have the permission to open /dev/kmsg. Instead it
45+        // is opened by init (via `file /dev/kmsg w` in the rc file) and the file descriptor is
46+        // shared when executing the process. The file descriptor number is passed via an
47+        // environment variable "ANDROID_FILE_<file_name>" where <file_name> is the path to the
48+        // file where non alpha-numeric characters are replaced with '_'.
49+        match env::var("ANDROID_FILE__dev_kmsg") {
50+            Ok(val) => OpenOptions::new().write(true).open(format!("/proc/self/fd/{}", val)),
51+            Err(e) => Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "ANDROID_FILE__dev_kmsg doesn't exist")),
52+        }
53+    }
54+
55     /// Create new kernel logger with error level filter
56     pub fn with_level(filter: LevelFilter) -> io::Result<KernelLog> {
57         Ok(KernelLog {
58-            kmsg: Mutex::new(OpenOptions::new().write(true).open("/dev/kmsg")?),
59+            kmsg: Mutex::new(Self::open_kmsg()?),
60             maxlevel: filter
61         })
62     }
63--
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