--- busybox-1.19.2/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ busybox-1.19.2-syslogd/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static void parse_syslogdcfg(const char 
 	parser_t *parser;
 
 	parser = config_open2(file ? file : "/etc/syslog.conf",
-				file ? xfopen_for_read : fopen_or_warn_stdin);
+				file ? xfopen_for_read : fopen_for_read);
 	if (!parser)
 		/* didn't find default /etc/syslog.conf */
 		/* proceed as if we built busybox without config support */
@@ -594,6 +594,14 @@ static void log_locally(time_t now, char
 			}
 			/* newFile == "f.0" now */
 			rename(log_file->path, newFile);
+			/* Incredibly, if F and F.0 are hardlinks, POSIX
+			 * _demands_ that rename returns 0 but does not
+			 * remove F!!!
+			 * (hardlinked F/F.0 pair was observed after
+			 * power failure during rename()).
+			 * Ensure old file is gone:
+			 */
+			unlink(log_file->path);
 #ifdef SYSLOGD_WRLOCK
 			fl.l_type = F_UNLCK;
 			fcntl(log_file->fd, F_SETLKW, &fl);
@@ -678,7 +686,7 @@ static void timestamp_and_log(int pri, c
 	if (LOG_PRI(pri) < G.logLevel) {
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
 		if ((option_mask32 & OPT_circularlog) && G.shbuf) {
-			log_to_shmem(msg);
+			log_to_shmem(G.printbuf);
 			return;
 		}
 #endif