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+/*
+ * (C) 2020 by Vadim Yanitskiy <axilirator@gmail.com>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*! \addtogroup logging
+ *  @{
+ * \file logging_systemd.c */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+
+/* Do not use this file as location in sd_journal_print() */
+#define SD_JOURNAL_SUPPRESS_LOCATION
+
+#include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/talloc.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/logging.h>
+
+/* FIXME: copy-pasted from logging_syslog.c */
+static int logp2syslog_level(unsigned int level)
+{
+	if (level >= LOGL_FATAL)
+		return LOG_CRIT;
+	else if (level >= LOGL_ERROR)
+		return LOG_ERR;
+	else if (level >= LOGL_NOTICE)
+		return LOG_NOTICE;
+	else if (level >= LOGL_INFO)
+		return LOG_INFO;
+	else
+		return LOG_DEBUG;
+}
+
+static void _systemd_output(struct log_target *target,
+			    unsigned int level, const char *log)
+{
+	/* systemd accepts the same level constants as syslog */
+	sd_journal_print(logp2syslog_level(level), "%s", log);
+}
+
+static void _systemd_raw_output(struct log_target *target, int subsys,
+				unsigned int level, const char *file,
+				int line, int cont, const char *format,
+				va_list ap)
+{
+	char buf[4096];
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), format, ap);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		sd_journal_print(LOG_ERR, "vsnprintf() failed to render a message "
+					  "originated from %s:%d (rc=%d)\n",
+					  file, line, rc);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sd_journal_send("CODE_FILE=%s, CODE_LINE=%d", file, line,
+			"PRIORITY=%d", logp2syslog_level(level),
+			"OSMO_SUBSYS=%s", log_category_name(subsys),
+			"OSMO_SUBSYS_HEX=%4.4x", subsys,
+			"MESSAGE=%s", buf,
+			NULL);
+}
+
+/*! Create a new logging target for systemd journal logging.
+ *  \param[in] raw whether to offload rendering of the meta information
+ *		   (location, category) to systemd-journal.
+ *  \returns Log target in case of success, NULL in case of error.
+ */
+struct log_target *log_target_create_systemd(bool raw)
+{
+	struct log_target *target;
+
+	target = log_target_create();
+	if (!target)
+		return NULL;
+
+	target->type = LOG_TGT_TYPE_SYSTEMD;
+	log_target_systemd_set_raw(target, raw);
+
+	return target;
+}
+
+/*! Change meta information handling of an existing logging target.
+ *  \param[in] target logging target to be modified.
+ *  \param[in] raw whether to offload rendering of the meta information
+ *		   (location, category) to systemd-journal.
+ */
+void log_target_systemd_set_raw(struct log_target *target, bool raw)
+{
+	target->sd_journal.raw = raw;
+	if (raw) {
+		target->raw_output = _systemd_raw_output;
+		target->output = NULL;
+	} else {
+		target->output = _systemd_output;
+		target->raw_output = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+/* @} */