PR bin/51253

[Nikolay Pavlov]

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.