X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcommon%2Findex%2Findex.c;h=46f8bcb1f02bfcb185782d65bb5e77fa8c4720cc;hp=35cff533c59150171fa28ec880b473cc1cf3f784;hb=7591bab11eceedc6a0d1e02fd6f85592267a63b5;hpb=d77dded285b058e4242c8a3d2233f80e725ceefc

diff --git a/src/common/index/index.c b/src/common/index/index.c
index 35cff533c..46f8bcb1f 100644
--- a/src/common/index/index.c
+++ b/src/common/index/index.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int index_create_file(char *path_name, char *stream_name, int uid, int gid,
 	}
 
 	/* Create index directory if necessary. */
-	ret = run_as_mkdir(fullpath, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG, uid, gid);
+	ret = utils_mkdir(fullpath, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG, uid, gid);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		if (ret != -EEXIST) {
 			PERROR("Index trace directory creation error");
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ int index_create_file(char *path_name, char *stream_name, int uid, int gid,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * For tracefile rotation. We need to unlink the old
+	 * file if present to synchronize with the tail of the
+	 * live viewer which could be working on this same file.
+	 * By doing so, any reference to the old index file
+	 * stays valid even if we re-create a new file with the
+	 * same name afterwards.
+	 */
+	ret = utils_unlink_stream_file(fullpath, stream_name, size, count, uid,
+			gid, DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE_SUFFIX);
+	if (ret < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
+		goto error;
+	}
 	ret = utils_create_stream_file(fullpath, stream_name, size, count, uid,
 			gid, DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE_SUFFIX);
 	if (ret < 0) {