static int create_log_socket(int type) {
int fd;
+ struct timeval tv;
- /* All output to the syslog/journal fds we do asynchronously,
- * and if the buffers are full we just drop the messages */
-
- fd = socket(AF_UNIX, type|SOCK_CLOEXEC|SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0);
+ fd = socket(AF_UNIX, type|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
if (fd < 0)
return -errno;
fd_inc_sndbuf(fd, SNDBUF_SIZE);
+ /* We need a blocking fd here since we'd otherwise lose
+ messages way too early. However, let's not hang forever in the
+ unlikely case of a deadlock. */
+ timeval_store(&tv, 1*USEC_PER_MINUTE);
+ setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(tv));
+
return fd;
}