[syslog-ng] Drops?

[Mike Rykowski]

I configured syslog-ng to pass messages to SEC via named pipes. When I
did I saw in the log statistics:

Jan 13 09:10:00  syslog-ng[13736]: Log statistics; dropped='pipe(sec-
pipe)=1607', dropped='unix-dgram(AF_UNIX(/dev/log))=0',
processed='center(queued)=1794661', processed='center
(received)=1718990',

I then called SEC using the 'program' option instead of named pipes and
I got:

Jan 13 10:14:13 syslog-ng[14031]: Log statistics; dropped='program
(/usr/local/bin/sec.pl -input="-" -conf=/usr/local/etc/my-sec.conf)=0',
dropped='unix-dgram(AF_UNIX(/dev/log))=0', processed='center
(queued)=2552863', processed='center(received)=2447130',

The drops were zero but the queued and received were not equal. Does
this mean messages are getting dropped?

When I don't call SEC at all I get queued and received to be equal:

Jan 14 09:26:44 syslog-ng[14119]: Log statistics; dropped='unix-dgram
(AF_UNIX(/dev/log))=0', processed='center(queued)=70516726',
processed='center(received)=70516726',
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Mike Rykowski
NU-IT Telecommunications and Network Services