X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ltt-sessiond%2Fkernel-ctl.c;fp=ltt-sessiond%2Fkernel-ctl.c;h=9c270edb3325674be28ed3886c646b8267ba0022;hp=e486fa10ada0002e8e2f7437ce677a0f24475ba6;hb=d87bfb32097dd9dddb5de2b05dd87b53e3d3ad73;hpb=f6cd6b0faf5227d5b4a191ef7e6be84047be9bbd

diff --git a/ltt-sessiond/kernel-ctl.c b/ltt-sessiond/kernel-ctl.c
index e486fa10a..9c270edb3 100644
--- a/ltt-sessiond/kernel-ctl.c
+++ b/ltt-sessiond/kernel-ctl.c
@@ -189,12 +189,16 @@ int kernel_create_event(struct lttng_event *ev,
 
 	event = trace_kernel_create_event(ev);
 	if (event == NULL) {
+		ret = -1;
 		goto error;
 	}
 
 	ret = kernctl_create_event(channel->fd, event->event);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		PERROR("create event ioctl");
+		if (errno != EEXIST) {
+			PERROR("create event ioctl");
+		}
+		ret = -errno;
 		goto free_event;
 	}
 
@@ -226,7 +230,7 @@ end:
 free_event:
 	free(event);
 error:
-	return -1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*