If the call to adjust_shared_perm() fails, lock_file returns -1, which to the caller looks like any other failure to lock the file. So in this case, roll back the lockfile before returning so that the lock file is deleted immediately and the lockfile object is left in a predictable state (namely, unlocked). Previously, the lockfile was retained until process cleanup in this situation. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lockfile.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c index 1122542..b101f77 100644 --- a/lockfile.c +++ b/lockfile.c @@ -148,9 +148,11 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags) lock_file_list = lk; lk->on_list = 1; } - if (adjust_shared_perm(lk->filename)) - return error("cannot fix permission bits on %s", - lk->filename); + if (adjust_shared_perm(lk->filename)) { + error("cannot fix permission bits on %s", lk->filename); + rollback_lock_file(lk); + return -1; + } } else lk->filename[0] = 0; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html