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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/log/log.c b/src/lib/log/log.c
index 75f8f79da2..4813a4faec 100644
--- a/src/lib/log/log.c
+++ b/src/lib/log/log.c
@@ -667,12 +667,9 @@ tor_log_update_sigsafe_err_fds(void)
/* log_fds and err_fds contain matching entries: log_fds are the fds used by
* the log module, and err_fds are the fds used by the err module.
- * For stdio logs, the log_fd and err_fd values are identical,
- * and the err module closes the fd on shutdown.
- * For file logs, the err_fd is a dup() of the log_fd,
- * and the log and err modules both close their respective fds on shutdown.
- * (Once all fds representing a file are closed, the underlying file is
- * closed.)
+ * For stdio logs, the log_fd and err_fd values are identical.
+ * For file logs, the err_fd is a dup() of the log_fd.
+ * Both the log and err modules flush these fds on shutdown.
*/
int log_fds[TOR_SIGSAFE_LOG_MAX_FDS];
int err_fds[TOR_SIGSAFE_LOG_MAX_FDS];
@@ -704,12 +701,12 @@ tor_log_update_sigsafe_err_fds(void)
log_fds[n_fds] = lf->fd;
if (lf->needs_close) {
/* File log fds are duplicated, because close_log() closes the log
- * module's fd, and tor_log_close_sigsafe_err_fds() closes the err
+ * module's fd, and tor_log_flush_sigsafe_err_fds() closes the err
* module's fd. Both refer to the same file. */
err_fds[n_fds] = dup(lf->fd);
} else {
/* stdio log fds are not closed by the log module.
- * tor_log_close_sigsafe_err_fds() closes stdio logs. */
+ * tor_log_flush_sigsafe_err_fds() closes stdio logs. */
err_fds[n_fds] = lf->fd;
}
n_fds++;
@@ -841,16 +838,16 @@ logs_free_all(void)
* log mutex. */
}
-/** Close signal-safe log files.
- * Closing the log files makes the process and OS flush log buffers.
+/** Flush the signal-safe log files.
*
- * This function is safe to call from a signal handler. It should only be
- * called when shutting down the log or err modules. It is currenly called
- * by the err module, when terminating the process on an abnormal condition.
+ * This function is safe to call from a signal handler. It is currenly called
+ * by the BUG() macros, when terminating the process on an abnormal condition.
*/
void
-logs_close_sigsafe(void)
+logs_flush_sigsafe(void)
{
+ /* If we don't have fsync() in unistd.h, we can't flush the logs. */
+#ifdef HAVE_FSYNC
logfile_t *victim, *next;
/* We can't LOCK_LOGS() in a signal handler, because it may call
* signal-unsafe functions. And we can't deallocate memory, either. */
@@ -860,9 +857,11 @@ logs_close_sigsafe(void)
victim = next;
next = next->next;
if (victim->needs_close) {
- close_log_sigsafe(victim);
+ /* We can't do anything useful if the flush fails. */
+ (void)fsync(victim->fd);
}
}
+#endif
}
/** Remove and free the log entry <b>victim</b> from the linked-list