Handle errors during log reopening better

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/debug.c b/src/util/debug.c
index 30026dc11..1b78ebaef 100644
--- a/src/util/debug.c
+++ b/src/util/debug.c
@@ -159,11 +159,37 @@ int open_debug_file(void)
 int rotate_debug_files(void)
 {
     int ret;
+    errno_t error;
 
     if (!debug_to_file) return EOK;
 
-    ret = fclose(debug_file);
-    if (ret) return ret;
+    do {
+        error = 0;
+        ret = fclose(debug_file);
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            error = errno;
+        }
+
+        /* Check for EINTR, which means we should retry
+         * because the system call was interrupted by a
+         * signal
+         */
+    } while (error == EINTR);
+
+    if (error != 0) {
+        /* Even if we were unable to close the debug log, we need to make
+         * sure that we open up a new one. Log rotation will remove the
+         * current file, so all debug messages will be disappearing.
+         *
+         * We should write an error to the syslog warning of the resource
+         * leak and then proceed with opening the new file.
+         */
+        sss_log(SSS_LOG_ALERT, "Could not close debug file [%s]. [%d][%s]\n",
+                               debug_log_file, error, strerror(error));
+        sss_log(SSS_LOG_ALERT, "Attempting to open new file anyway. "
+                               "Be aware that this is a resource leak\n");
+    }
+
     debug_file = NULL;
 
     return open_debug_file();