X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fbin%2Flttng-consumerd%2Flttng-consumerd.c;h=3bc700dc948594a937c2ef543a8cbe4c3d4212f7;hp=9f2f02feba03897b7462de3250c863ec2ec37b55;hb=ceed52b545103258e84f1c7040700be9dbbbaec6;hpb=da0bdb87642b93f9cb657d68a566683a18ce15c3

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-consumerd/lttng-consumerd.c b/src/bin/lttng-consumerd/lttng-consumerd.c
index 9f2f02feb..3bc700dc9 100644
--- a/src/bin/lttng-consumerd/lttng-consumerd.c
+++ b/src/bin/lttng-consumerd/lttng-consumerd.c
@@ -263,11 +263,26 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* Daemonize */
 	if (opt_daemon) {
+		int i;
+
+		/*
+		 * fork
+		 * child: setsid, close FD 0, 1, 2, chdir /
+		 * parent: exit (if fork is successful)
+		 */
 		ret = daemon(0, 0);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			perror("daemon");
+			PERROR("daemon");
 			goto error;
 		}
+		/*
+		 * We are in the child. Make sure all other file
+		 * descriptors are closed, in case we are called with
+		 * more opened file descriptors than the standard ones.
+		 */
+		for (i = 3; i < sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX); i++) {
+			(void) close(i);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (strlen(command_sock_path) == 0) {