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-rw-r--r--misc/syslog.c14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/misc/syslog.c b/misc/syslog.c
index c0fcdf31a4..0ba351781f 100644
--- a/misc/syslog.c
+++ b/misc/syslog.c
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ openlog_internal(const char *ident, int logstat, int logfac)
if (logfac != 0 && (logfac &~ LOG_FACMASK) == 0)
LogFacility = logfac;
- while (1) {
+ int retry = 0;
+ while (retry < 2) {
if (LogFile == -1) {
SyslogAddr.sa_family = AF_UNIX;
(void)strncpy(SyslogAddr.sa_data, _PATH_LOG,
@@ -345,12 +346,13 @@ openlog_internal(const char *ident, int logstat, int logfac)
int fd = LogFile;
LogFile = -1;
(void)__close(fd);
- if (LogType == SOCK_DGRAM
- && saved_errno == EPROTOTYPE)
+ __set_errno (old_errno);
+ if (saved_errno == EPROTOTYPE)
{
- /* retry with next SOCK_STREAM: */
- LogType = SOCK_STREAM;
- __set_errno (old_errno);
+ /* retry with the other type: */
+ LogType = (LogType == SOCK_DGRAM
+ ? SOCK_STREAM : SOCK_DGRAM);
+ ++retry;
continue;
}
} else