Earlier version silently failed without logging anything. $ logger --journald=/etc/services ; echo $? 1 Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- misc-utils/logger.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/logger.c b/misc-utils/logger.c index f3bdc90..fccba38 100644 --- a/misc-utils/logger.c +++ b/misc-utils/logger.c @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ */ #include <errno.h> +#include <limits.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <time.h> @@ -231,6 +232,8 @@ static int journald_entry(FILE *fp) } if (lines == vectors) { vectors *= 2; + if (IOV_MAX < vectors) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("maximum input lines (%d) exceeded"), IOV_MAX); iovec = xrealloc(iovec, vectors * sizeof(struct iovec)); } iovec[lines].iov_base = buf; @@ -415,7 +418,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) int ret = journald_entry(jfd); if (stdin != jfd) fclose(jfd); - return ret ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS; + if (ret) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "journald entry could not be wrote"); + return EXIT_SUCCESS; } #endif if (server) -- 1.9.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html