log: when we log to /dev/console and got disconnected (maybe due to vhangup) reconnect

[elogind.git] / src / shared / log.c

diff --git a/src/shared/log.c b/src/shared/log.c
index 2517f5d780d406bfc030fae123a09c99a8daae35..b5b82f61c18774feda281b201e4e6cef2944be7f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/shared/log.c
+++ b/src/shared/log.c
@@ -272,8 +272,6 @@ int log_open(void) {
         log_close_journal();
         log_close_syslog();
 
-        /* Get the real /dev/console if we are PID=1, hence reopen */
-        log_close_console();
         return log_open_console();
 }
 
@@ -337,8 +335,25 @@ static int write_to_console(
                 IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_OFF);
         IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], "\n");
 
-        if (writev(console_fd, iovec, n) < 0)
-                return -errno;
+        if (writev(console_fd, iovec, n) < 0) {
+
+                if (errno == EIO && getpid() == 1) {
+
+                        /* If somebody tried to kick us from our
+                         * console tty (via vhangup() or suchlike),
+                         * try to reconnect */
+
+                        log_close_console();
+                        log_open_console();
+
+                        if (console_fd < 0)
+                                return 0;
+
+                        if (writev(console_fd, iovec, n) < 0)
+                                return -errno;
+                } else
+                        return -errno;
+        }
 
         return 1;
 }