From: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> When checking to see if our unix domain socket was stolen, also check whether the st.st_dev and st.st_mode fields changed (in addition to the st.st_ino field). The inode by itself is not unique; it is only unique on a given device. Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- unix-stream-server.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/unix-stream-server.c b/unix-stream-server.c index f00298ca7ec3..366ece69306b 100644 --- a/unix-stream-server.c +++ b/unix-stream-server.c @@ -120,8 +120,11 @@ int unix_stream_server__was_stolen( if (st_now.st_ino != server_socket->st_socket.st_ino) return 1; + if (st_now.st_dev != server_socket->st_socket.st_dev) + return 1; - /* We might also consider the ctime on some platforms. */ + if (!S_ISSOCK(st_now.st_mode)) + return 1; return 0; } -- gitgitgadget