Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:34:05 +0200 From: Nikolay Pavlov <temp@roks.biz> To: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: PR bin/51253 Message-ID: <345550821.20031118103405@roks.biz> In-Reply-To: <20031116215732.GA96823@walton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <1655795183.20031107160844@roks.biz> <20031116215732.GA96823@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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Hi, David.
DM> I've just committed the following patch to -current, which I think
DM> should fix your problem (and other similar potential problems).
DM> I'll MFC the fix in a couple of weeks, all going according to plan.
DM> David.
DM> Index: syslogd.c
DM> ===================================================================
DM> RCS file: /cvs/FreeBSD-CVS/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c,v
DM> retrieving revision 1.116
DM> diff -u -r1.116 syslogd.c
DM> --- syslogd.c 17 May 2003 20:07:54 -0000 1.116
DM> +++ syslogd.c 16 Nov 2003 20:45:40 -0000
DM> @@ -1338,7 +1338,12 @@
DM> logerror(const char *type)
DM> {
DM> char buf[512];
DM> + static int recursed = 0;
DM> + /* If there's an error while trying to log an error, give up. */
DM> + if (recursed)
DM> + return;
DM> + recursed++;
DM> if (errno)
DM> (void)snprintf(buf,
DM> sizeof buf, "syslogd: %s: %s", type, strerror(errno));
DM> @@ -1347,6 +1352,7 @@
DM> errno = 0;
DM> dprintf("%s\n", buf);
DM> logmsg(LOG_SYSLOG|LOG_ERR, buf, LocalHostName, ADDDATE);
DM> + recursed--;
DM> }
DM> static void
Your patch works excellent for my 4.9 box, thanks that found time for
this.
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Thanks, Nikolay.
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