Fix: truncate the metadata file in shm-path

[lttng-tools.git] / src / bin / lttng-sessiond / cmd.c

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
index 325ffd2cf14f6ec3e320e402e8db17a6dac71adc..cc81906b6267ffc104ee357741d0b099af9fbc3c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
+++ b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
@@ -3377,6 +3377,27 @@ end:
        return ret;
 }
 
+static
+int clear_metadata_file(int fd)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               PERROR("lseek");
+               goto end;
+       }
+
+       ret = ftruncate(fd, 0);
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               PERROR("ftruncate");
+               goto end;
+       }
+
+end:
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static
 int ust_regenerate_metadata(struct ltt_ust_session *usess)
 {
@@ -3398,6 +3419,15 @@ int ust_regenerate_metadata(struct ltt_ust_session *usess)
                memset(registry->metadata, 0, registry->metadata_alloc_len);
                registry->metadata_len = 0;
                registry->metadata_version++;
+               if (registry->metadata_fd > 0) {
+                       /* Clear the metadata file's content. */
+                       ret = clear_metadata_file(registry->metadata_fd);
+                       if (ret) {
+                               pthread_mutex_unlock(&registry->lock);
+                               goto end;
+                       }
+               }
+
                ret = ust_metadata_session_statedump(registry, NULL,
                                registry->major, registry->minor);
                if (ret) {