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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-02-18 00:07:57 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-02-18 00:07:57 +0000
commit4dfc24c370cb0f8bf6c1edc3cc9a42dd1f75ea64 (patch)
treef1d9f8904bcb3a816add625f9880ff485b2e3eac /lib/libc/gen
parent6a444c72aa96b7f23d023304655b4d115a2ddd97 (diff)
Open console with O_NONBLOCK to avoid blocking on a locked console.
From David Malone
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/syslog.c10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/syslog.c b/lib/libc/gen/syslog.c
index cb646e29785..dcfc0b9ac01 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/syslog.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/syslog.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
*/
#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
-static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: syslog.c,v 1.14 2002/02/16 21:27:23 millert Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: syslog.c,v 1.15 2002/02/18 00:07:56 millert Exp $";
#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
#include <sys/types.h>
@@ -305,12 +305,12 @@ vsyslog_r(pri, data, fmt, ap)
return;
/*
- * Output the message to the console; don't worry about blocking,
- * if console blocks everything will. Make sure the error reported
- * is the one from the syslogd failure.
+ * Output the message to the console; try not to block
+ * as a blocking console should not stop other processes.
+ * Make sure the error reported is the one from the syslogd failure.
*/
if (data->log_stat & LOG_CONS &&
- (fd = open(_PATH_CONSOLE, O_WRONLY, 0)) >= 0) {
+ (fd = open(_PATH_CONSOLE, O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK, 0)) >= 0) {
struct iovec iov[2];
p = strchr(tbuf, '>') + 1;