X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fbin%2Flttng%2Fcommands%2Fstart.c;h=af93665d0ae16f74aec32044d0f27668696e86eb;hb=e7248846cfa228ceeb454fa6b0b69bf283cef937;hp=1db0a31c5b49a48efea44cdbd841d0801849c9f4;hpb=ca1c3607d2f5654163875cda874f43971df0f696;p=lttng-tools.git

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng/commands/start.c b/src/bin/lttng/commands/start.c
index 1db0a31c5..af93665d0 100644
--- a/src/bin/lttng/commands/start.c
+++ b/src/bin/lttng/commands/start.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void usage(FILE *ofp)
  */
 static int start_tracing(void)
 {
-	int ret = CMD_SUCCESS;
+	int ret;
 	char *session_name;
 
 	if (opt_session_name == NULL) {
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ static int start_tracing(void)
 
 	ret = lttng_start_tracing(session_name);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		/* Don't set ret so lttng can interpret the sessiond error. */
 		goto free_name;
 	}
 
+	ret = CMD_SUCCESS;
+
 	MSG("Tracing started for session %s", session_name);
 
 free_name: