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From a81ba5e1bfabf643e11fec41c1ce646874ae0df1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
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Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 14:37:21 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] journald: handle more gracefully when bind() fails on audit
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(cherry picked from commit 417a7fdc418ec76cc4c321c9a07ec15c72b3ac7d)
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Cherry-picked from: 417a7fd
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Resolves: #1222517
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---
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 src/journal/journald-audit.c | 11 ++++++++---
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 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/src/journal/journald-audit.c b/src/journal/journald-audit.c
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index 46eb82fa3..0e739a23a 100644
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--- a/src/journal/journald-audit.c
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+++ b/src/journal/journald-audit.c
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@@ -532,9 +532,14 @@ int server_open_audit(Server *s) {
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                         return 0;
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                 }
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-                r = bind(s->audit_fd, &sa.sa, sizeof(sa.nl));
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-                if (r < 0)
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-                        return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to join audit multicast group: %m");
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+                if (bind(s->audit_fd, &sa.sa, sizeof(sa.nl)) < 0) {
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+                        log_warning_errno(errno,
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+                                          "Failed to join audit multicast group. "
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+                                          "The kernel is probably too old or multicast reading is not supported. "
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+                                          "Ignoring: %m");
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+                        s->audit_fd = safe_close(s->audit_fd);
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+                        return 0;
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+                }
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         } else
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                 fd_nonblock(s->audit_fd, 1);
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