prevented segfault during runtime library init phase

4 files changed, 28 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/errmsg.c b/runtime/errmsg.c
index 01d392b7..b555d06a 100644
--- a/runtime/errmsg.c
+++ b/runtime/errmsg.c
@@ -83,7 +83,15 @@ LogError(int __attribute__((unused)) iErrCode, char *fmt, ... )
 	}
 	msg[sizeof(msg)/sizeof(char) - 1] = '\0'; /* just to be on the safe side... */
 	errno = 0;
-	logmsgInternal(LOG_SYSLOG|LOG_ERR, msg, ADDDATE);
+	
+	/* we must check if the runtime is initialized, because else we can NOT
+	 * submit internal errors. -- rgerhards, 2008-04-16
+	 * TODO: a better way is to set an error handler and check if it is NULL
+	 */
+	if(rsrtIsInit())
+		logmsgInternal(LOG_SYSLOG|LOG_ERR, msg, ADDDATE);
+	else
+		fprintf(stderr, "rsyslog runtime error: %s\n", msg);
 
 	ENDfunc
 }
diff --git a/runtime/glbl.h b/runtime/glbl.h
index 5385006a..037c9ec4 100644
--- a/runtime/glbl.h
+++ b/runtime/glbl.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
  * A copy of the LGPL can be found in the file "COPYING.LESSER" in this distribution.
  */
 
-#ifndef GLOBALS_H_INCLUDED
-#define GLOBALS_H_INCLUDED
+#ifndef GLBL_H_INCLUDED
+#define GLBL_H_INCLUDED
 
 #define glblGetIOBufSize() 4096 /* size of the IO buffer, e.g. for strm class */
 
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ extern uchar *glblModPath; /* module load path */
 extern uchar *pszWorkDir;
 #define glblGetWorkDir() (pszWorkDir == NULL ? (uchar*) "" : pszWorkDir)
 
-#endif /* #ifndef GLOBALS_H_INCLUDED */
+#endif /* #ifndef GLBL_H_INCLUDED */
diff --git a/runtime/rsyslog.c b/runtime/rsyslog.c
index 0d983bb1..6051cc57 100644
--- a/runtime/rsyslog.c
+++ b/runtime/rsyslog.c
@@ -162,5 +162,20 @@ rsrtExit(obj_if_t *pObjIF)
 }
 
 
+/* returns 0 if the rsyslog runtime is not initialized and another value
+ * if it is. This function is primarily meant to be used by runtime functions
+ * itself. However, it is safe to call it before initializing the runtime.
+ * Plugins should NOT rely on this function. The reason is that another caller
+ * may have already initialized it but deinits it before this plugin is done.
+ * So for plugins and like architectures, the right course of action is to
+ * call rsrtInit() and rsrtExit(), which can be called by multiple callers.
+ * rgerhards, 2008-04-16
+ */
+int rsrtIsInit(void)
+{
+	return iRefCount;
+}
+
+
 /* vim:set ai:
  */
diff --git a/runtime/rsyslog.h b/runtime/rsyslog.h
index 5ec3a369..54373673 100644
--- a/runtime/rsyslog.h
+++ b/runtime/rsyslog.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ void dbgprintf(char *, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 /* some runtime prototypes */
 rsRetVal rsrtInit(char **ppErrObj, obj_if_t *pObjIF);
 rsRetVal rsrtExit(obj_if_t *pObjIF);
+int rsrtIsInit(void);
 
 #endif /* multi-include protection */
 /* vim:set ai: