Fix: COMPAT_EPOLL_PROC_PATH is available from Linux 2.6.28

[lttng-tools.git] / src / common / compat / compat-epoll.c

diff --git a/src/common/compat/compat-epoll.c b/src/common/compat/compat-epoll.c
index dbaf6823364eb5e4444ba536ac0291300a527a0a..6a781c7ae04034f321f974c244df6e43e01e58b3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/common/compat/compat-epoll.c
+++ b/src/common/compat/compat-epoll.c
@@ -301,7 +301,15 @@ int compat_epoll_set_max_size(void)
 
        fd = open(COMPAT_EPOLL_PROC_PATH, O_RDONLY);
        if (fd < 0) {
-               retval = -1;
+               /*
+                * Failing on opening [1] is not an error per see. [1] was
+                * introduced in Linux 2.6.28 but epoll is available since
+                * 2.5.44. Hence, goto end and set a default value without
+                * setting an error return value.
+                *
+                * [1] /proc/sys/fs/epoll/max_user_watches
+                */
+               retval = 0;
                goto end;
        }