From 0e557eef37c9ebcc8f5c19fc6fc44b6fd617cc5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Bugaev <bugaevc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:31:12 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] log: protect errno in log_open()
Commit 0b1f3c768ce1bd1490a5e53f539976dcef8ca765 has introduced log_open()
calls after exec fails post-fork. However, the log_open() call itself could
change the value of errno, which, for me, manifested in:
$ coredumpctl gdb
...
Failed to invoke gdb: Success
Fix this by using PROTECT_ERRNO in log_open().
---
src/basic/log.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/basic/log.c b/src/basic/log.c
index c8cca96bca4..0e6023cff22 100644
--- a/src/basic/log.c
+++ b/src/basic/log.c
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@ int log_open(void) {
/* Do not call from library code. */
+ /* This function is often called in preparation for being able
+ * to log. Let's make sure we don't clobber errno, so that a call
+ * to a logging function immediately following a log_open() call
+ * can still easily reference an error that happened immediately
+ * before the log_open() call. */
+ PROTECT_ERRNO;
+
/* If we don't use the console we close it here, to not get
* killed by SAK. If we don't use syslog we close it here so
* that we are not confused by somebody deleting the socket in