Check return value of setsockopt call and if it fails print error to the system log and exit with non-zero value. Signed-off-by: Tomas Hozza <thozza@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c index 5a1f648..8a9045a 100644 --- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c +++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c @@ -1457,7 +1457,13 @@ int main(void) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } nl_group = CN_KVP_IDX; - setsockopt(fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, &nl_group, sizeof(nl_group)); + + if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, &nl_group, sizeof(nl_group)) < 0) { + syslog(LOG_ERR, "setsockopt failed; error: %d %s", errno, strerror(errno)); + close(fd); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + /* * Register ourselves with the kernel. */ -- 1.8.1.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel