From c9b80453525f2a1ec3c71f7b0f649f786ec9e8dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 01:22:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] log: log when we fail to open logging target --- log.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/log.c b/log.c index a1ca5d02..497433a8 100644 --- a/log.c +++ b/log.c @@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ int log_open_kmsg(void) { if (kmsg_fd >= 0) return 0; - if ((kmsg_fd = open("/dev/kmsg", O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC)) < 0) + if ((kmsg_fd = open("/dev/kmsg", O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC)) < 0) { + log_info("Failed to open syslog for logging: %s", strerror(errno)); return -errno; + } log_info("Succesfully opened /dev/kmsg for logging."); @@ -109,7 +111,9 @@ int log_open_syslog(void) { if (connect(syslog_fd, &sa.sa, sizeof(sa)) < 0) { r = -errno; log_close_syslog(); - return -errno; + + log_info("Failed to open syslog for logging: %s", strerror(-r)); + return r; } log_info("Succesfully opened syslog for logging."); -- 2.39.5