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diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
index 6a9fd9d85c..76a436d650 100644
--- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
sense. New fields may freely be defined by
applications, but a few fields have special
meaning. All fields with special meanings are
- optional.</para>
+ optional. In some cases fields may appear more than
+ once per entry.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -67,9 +68,9 @@
<para>User fields are fields that are directly passed
from clients and stored in the journal.</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='journal-directives'>
<varlistentry>
- <term>MESSAGE=</term>
+ <term><varname>MESSAGE=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The human readable
message string for this
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>MESSAGE_ID=</term>
+ <term><varname>MESSAGE_ID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>A 128bit message
identifier ID for recognizing
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>PRIORITY=</term>
+ <term><varname>PRIORITY=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>A priority value between
0 (<literal>emerg</literal>)
@@ -120,9 +121,9 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>CODE_FILE=</term>
- <term>CODE_LINE=</term>
- <term>CODE_FUNC=</term>
+ <term><varname>CODE_FILE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>CODE_LINE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>CODE_FUNC=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The code location
generating this message, if
@@ -133,9 +134,22 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>SYSLOG_FACILITY=</term>
- <term>SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=</term>
- <term>SYSLOG_PID=</term>
+ <term><varname>ERRNO=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The low-level Unix error
+ number causing this entry, if
+ any. Contains the numeric
+ value of
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>errno</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ formatted as decimal
+ string.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SYSLOG_FACILITY=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>SYSLOG_PID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Syslog compatibility
fields containing the facility
@@ -156,11 +170,11 @@
fields, i.e. fields that are implicitly added by the
journal and cannot be altered by client code.</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='journal-directives'>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_PID=</term>
- <term>_UID=</term>
- <term>_GID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_PID=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_UID=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_GID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The process, user and
group ID of the process the
@@ -171,9 +185,9 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_COMM=</term>
- <term>_EXE=</term>
- <term>_CMDLINE=</term>
+ <term><varname>_COMM=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_EXE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_CMDLINE=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The name, the executable
path and the command line of
@@ -183,8 +197,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_AUDIT_SESSION=</term>
- <term>_AUDIT_LOGINUID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_AUDIT_SESSION=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_AUDIT_LOGINUID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The session and login
UID of the process the journal
@@ -195,13 +209,13 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_SYSTEMD_CGROUP=</term>
- <term>_SYSTEMD_SESSION=</term>
- <term>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</term>
- <term>_SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_CGROUP=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_SESSION=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>_SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The contol group path in
+ <para>The control group path in
the systemd hierarchy, the
systemd session ID (if any),
the systemd unit name (if any)
@@ -213,7 +227,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_SELINUX_CONTEXT=</term>
+ <term><varname>_SELINUX_CONTEXT=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The SELinux security
context of the process the
@@ -223,7 +237,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</term>
+ <term><varname>_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The earliest trusted
timestamp of the message, if
@@ -237,7 +251,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_BOOT_ID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_BOOT_ID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The kernel boot ID for
the boot the message was
@@ -248,7 +262,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_MACHINE_ID=</term>
+ <term><varname>_MACHINE_ID=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The machine ID of the
originating host, as available
@@ -258,7 +272,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_HOSTNAME=</term>
+ <term><varname>_HOSTNAME=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The name of the
originating host.</para>
@@ -266,7 +280,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>_TRANSPORT=</term>
+ <term><varname>_TRANSPORT=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>How the entry was
received by the journal
@@ -284,8 +298,8 @@
journal protocol, for the
those read from a services'
standard output or error
- output, and for those read
- from the kernel, resp.
+ output, or for those read
+ from the kernel, respectively.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -293,22 +307,89 @@
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+ <title>Kernel Journal Fields</title>
+
+ <para>Kernel fields are fields that are used by
+ messages originating in the kernel and stored in the
+ journal.</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>_KERNEL_DEVICE=</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The kernel device
+ name. If the entry is
+ associated to a block device,
+ the major and minor of the
+ device node, separated by ':'
+ and prefixed by 'b'. Similar
+ for character devices, but
+ prefixed by 'c'. For network
+ devices the interface index,
+ prefixed by 'n'. For all other
+ devices '+' followed by the
+ subsystem name, followed by
+ ':', followed by the kernel
+ device name.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>_KERNEL_SUBSYSTEM=</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The kernel subsystem name.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>_UDEV_SYSNAME=</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The kernel device name
+ as it shows up in the device
+ tree below
+ <filename>/sys</filename>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>_UDEV_DEVNODE=</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The device node path of
+ this device in
+ <filename>/dev</filename>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>_UDEV_DEVLINK=</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Additional symlink names
+ pointing to the device node in
+ <filename>/dev</filename>. This
+ field is frequently set more
+ than once per entry.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
<title>Address Fields</title>
- <para>During serialization into external formats the
- addresses of journal entries are serialized into
- fields prefixed with double underscores. Note that
- these aren't proper fields when stored in the journal,
- but addressing meta data of entries. They cannot be
- written as part of structured log entries via calls
- such as
+ <para>During serialization into external formats, such
+ as the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export">Journal
+ Export Format</ulink> or the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json">Journal
+ JSON Format</ulink>, the addresses of journal entries
+ are serialized into fields prefixed with double
+ underscores. Note that these aren't proper fields when
+ stored in the journal, but addressing meta data of
+ entries. They cannot be written as part of structured
+ log entries via calls such as
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. They
may also not be used as matches for
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='journal-directives'>
<varlistentry>
- <term>__CURSOR=</term>
+ <term><varname>__CURSOR=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The cursor for the
entry. A cursor is an opaque
@@ -322,7 +403,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</term>
+ <term><varname>__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The wallclock time
(CLOCK_REALTIME) at the point
@@ -339,7 +420,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP=</term>
+ <term><varname>__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The monotonic time
(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) at the point