X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fbin%2Flttng-sessiond%2Fsession.c;h=e445363ea03d214d90a4f4ded762ad9593d818b1;hp=2181c0dd58fc5b4ccb33f9a5c4ae10fe7bda2ff0;hb=a4b92340642035d1eafeb1eead0ad01f64d2007d;hpb=eb4a2943f0cf59f2f33627c4fa6ed79300119328

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.c b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.c
index 2181c0dd5..e445363ea 100644
--- a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.c
+++ b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.c
@@ -188,10 +188,11 @@ int session_create(char *name, char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
 			ret = LTTCOMM_FATAL;
 			goto error_asprintf;
 		}
+		new_session->start_consumer = 1;
 	} else {
-		ERR("No session path given");
-		ret = LTTCOMM_FATAL;
-		goto error;
+		/* No path indicates that there is no use for a consumer. */
+		new_session->start_consumer = 0;
+		new_session->path[0] = '\0';
 	}
 
 	/* Init kernel session */
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ int session_create(char *name, char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
 	new_session->uid = uid;
 	new_session->gid = gid;
 
-	/* Mkdir if we have a valid path length */
+	/* Mkdir if we have a valid path and length */
 	if (strlen(new_session->path) > 0) {
 		ret = run_as_mkdir_recursive(new_session->path, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG,
 				new_session->uid, new_session->gid);
@@ -222,9 +223,13 @@ int session_create(char *name, char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
 	new_session->id = add_session_list(new_session);
 	session_unlock_list();
 
-	DBG("Tracing session %s created in %s with ID %u by UID %d GID %d",
-		name, path, new_session->id,
-		new_session->uid, new_session->gid);
+	/*
+	 * Consumer is let to NULL since the create_session_uri command will set it
+	 * up and, if valid, assign it to the session.
+	 */
+
+	DBG("Tracing session %s created in %s with ID %u by UID %d GID %d", name,
+			path, new_session->id, new_session->uid, new_session->gid);
 
 	return LTTCOMM_OK;