From 645d94808aaa90fb1b20a25ff70bb50d9eb1d55b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 09:34:39 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] syslog: Remove extra whitespace between timestamp and message
 (BZ#29544)

The rfc3164 clear states that a single space character must follow
the timestamp field.

Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu.
---
 misc/syslog.c     | 2 +-
 misc/tst-syslog.c | 9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/syslog.c b/misc/syslog.c
index b88f66c8359b..f67d4b58a448 100644
--- a/misc/syslog.c
+++ b/misc/syslog.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ __vsyslog_internal (int pri, const char *fmt, va_list ap,
 		  _nl_C_locobj_ptr);
 
 #define SYSLOG_HEADER(__pri, __timestamp, __msgoff, pid) \
-  "<%d>%s %n%s%s%.0d%s: ",                               \
+  "<%d>%s%n%s%s%.0d%s: ",                                \
   __pri, __timestamp, __msgoff,                          \
   LogTag == NULL ? __progname : LogTag,                  \
   "[" + (pid == 0), pid, "]" + (pid == 0)
diff --git a/misc/tst-syslog.c b/misc/tst-syslog.c
index 1d332ece537d..3560b518a25d 100644
--- a/misc/tst-syslog.c
+++ b/misc/tst-syslog.c
@@ -275,16 +275,19 @@ parse_syslog_msg (const char *msg)
 {
   struct msg_t r = { .pid = -1 };
   int number;
+  int wsb, wsa;
 
 #define STRINPUT(size)  XSTRINPUT(size)
 #define XSTRINPUT(size) "%" # size "s"
 
   /* The message in the form:
-     <179>Apr  8 14:51:19  tst-syslog: message 176 3  */
-  int n = sscanf (msg, "<%3d>%*s %*d %*d:%*d:%*d " STRINPUT(IDENT_LENGTH)
+     <179>Apr  8 14:51:19 tst-syslog: message 176 3  */
+  int n = sscanf (msg, "<%3d>%*s %*d %*d:%*d:%*d%n %n" STRINPUT(IDENT_LENGTH)
 		       " " STRINPUT(MSG_LENGTH) " %*d %*d",
-                  &number, r.ident, r.msg);
+                  &number, &wsb, &wsa, r.ident, r.msg);
   TEST_COMPARE (n, 3);
+  /* It should only one space between timestamp and message.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (wsa - wsb, 1);
 
   r.facility = number & LOG_FACMASK;
   r.priority = number & LOG_PRIMASK;
-- 
2.37.3