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Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/stream.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/stream.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/stream.c b/runtime/stream.c index 16d41a2e..5f4249a8 100644 --- a/runtime/stream.c +++ b/runtime/stream.c @@ -401,6 +401,12 @@ finalize_it: * If we are monitoring a file, someone may have rotated it. In this case, we * also need to close it and reopen it under the same name. * rgerhards, 2008-02-13 + * The previous code also did a check for file truncation, in which case the + * file was considered rewritten. However, this potential border case turned + * out to be a big trouble spot on busy systems. It caused massive message + * duplication (I guess stat() can return a too-low number under some + * circumstances). So starting as of now, we only check the inode number and + * a file change is detected only if the inode changes. -- rgerhards, 2011-01-10 */ static rsRetVal strmHandleEOFMonitor(strm_t *pThis) @@ -410,23 +416,18 @@ strmHandleEOFMonitor(strm_t *pThis) struct stat statName; ISOBJ_TYPE_assert(pThis, strm); - /* find inodes of both current descriptor as well as file now in file - * system. If they are different, the file has been rotated (or - * otherwise rewritten). We also check the size, because the inode - * does not change if the file is truncated (this, BTW, is also a case - * where we actually loose log lines, because we can not do anything - * against truncation...). We do NOT rely on the time of last - * modificaton because that may not be available under all - * circumstances. -- rgerhards, 2008-02-13 - */ if(fstat(pThis->fd, &statOpen) == -1) ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_IO_ERROR); if(stat((char*) pThis->pszCurrFName, &statName) == -1) ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_IO_ERROR); - if(statOpen.st_ino == statName.st_ino && pThis->iCurrOffs == statName.st_size) { + DBGPRINTF("stream checking for file change on '%s', inode %u/%u", + pThis->pszCurrFName, (unsigned) statOpen.st_ino, + (unsigned) statName.st_ino); + if(statOpen.st_ino == statName.st_ino) { ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_EOF); } else { /* we had a file change! */ + DBGPRINTF("we had a file change on '%s'\n", pThis->pszCurrFName); CHKiRet(strmCloseFile(pThis)); CHKiRet(strmOpenFile(pThis)); } |