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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Igor Sysoev
+ */
+
+
+#include <ngx_config.h>
+#include <ngx_core.h>
+
+
+#define NGX_MAX_ERROR_STR   2048
+
+
+void ngx_cdecl
+ngx_event_log(ngx_err_t err, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    u_char         *p, *last;
+    long            types;
+    HKEY            key;
+    HANDLE          ev;
+    va_list         args;
+    u_char          text[NGX_MAX_ERROR_STR];
+    const char     *msgarg[9];
+    static u_char   netmsg[] = "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\netmsg.dll";
+
+    p = text + GetModuleFileName(NULL, (char *) text, NGX_MAX_ERROR_STR - 50);
+
+    *p++ = ':';
+    ngx_linefeed(p);
+
+    va_start(args, fmt);
+    p = ngx_vsnprintf(p, NGX_MAX_ERROR_STR, fmt, args);
+    va_end(args);
+
+    last = text + NGX_MAX_ERROR_STR;
+
+    if (err) {
+
+        if (p > last - 50) {
+
+            /* leave a space for an error code */
+
+            p = last - 50;
+            *p++ = '.';
+            *p++ = '.';
+            *p++ = '.';
+        }
+
+        p = ngx_snprintf(p, last - p, ((unsigned) err < 0x80000000)
+                                           ? " (%d: " : " (%Xd: ", err);
+        p = ngx_strerror_r(err, p, last - p);
+
+        if (p < last) {
+            *p++ = ')';
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (p > last - NGX_LINEFEED_SIZE - 1) {
+        p = last - NGX_LINEFEED_SIZE - 1;
+    }
+
+    ngx_linefeed(p);
+
+    *p = '\0';
+
+    /*
+     * we do not log errors here since we use
+     * Event Log only to log our own logs open errors
+     */
+
+    if (RegCreateKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
+           "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\EventLog\\Application\\nginx",
+           0, NULL, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_SET_VALUE, NULL, &key, NULL)
+        != 0)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (RegSetValueEx(key, "EventMessageFile", 0, REG_EXPAND_SZ,
+                      netmsg, sizeof(netmsg) - 1)
+        != 0)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    types = EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE;
+
+    if (RegSetValueEx(key, "TypesSupported", 0, REG_DWORD,
+                      (u_char *) &types, sizeof(long))
+        != 0)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+
+    ev = RegisterEventSource(NULL, "nginx");
+
+    msgarg[0] = (char *) text;
+    msgarg[1] = NULL;
+    msgarg[2] = NULL;
+    msgarg[3] = NULL;
+    msgarg[4] = NULL;
+    msgarg[5] = NULL;
+    msgarg[6] = NULL;
+    msgarg[7] = NULL;
+    msgarg[8] = NULL;
+
+    /*
+     * the 3299 event id in netmsg.dll has the generic message format:
+     *     "%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9"
+     */
+
+    ReportEvent(ev, EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE, 0, 3299, NULL, 9, 0, msgarg, NULL);
+
+    DeregisterEventSource(ev);
+}