Merge branch 'collectd-4.6'

[collectd.git] / src / common.c

diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index 4aa0ebe..ef80885 100644 (file)
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -516,7 +516,8 @@ int check_create_dir (const char *file_orig)
                 */
                if (fields[i][0] == '.')
                {
-                       ERROR ("Cowardly refusing to create a directory that begins with a `.' (dot): `%s'", file_orig);
+                       ERROR ("Cowardly refusing to create a directory that "
+                                       "begins with a `.' (dot): `%s'", file_orig);
                        return (-2);
                }
 
@@ -531,32 +532,42 @@ int check_create_dir (const char *file_orig)
                        return (-1);
                }
 
-               if (stat (dir, &statbuf) == -1)
-               {
-                       if (errno == ENOENT)
+               while (42) {
+                       if (stat (dir, &statbuf) == -1)
                        {
-                               if (mkdir (dir, 0755) == -1)
+                               if (errno == ENOENT)
                                {
+                                       if (mkdir (dir, 0755) == 0)
+                                               break;
+
+                                       /* this might happen, if a different thread created
+                                        * the directory in the meantime
+                                        * => call stat() again to check for S_ISDIR() */
+                                       if (EEXIST == errno)
+                                               continue;
+
                                        char errbuf[1024];
                                        ERROR ("check_create_dir: mkdir (%s): %s", dir,
                                                        sstrerror (errno,
                                                                errbuf, sizeof (errbuf)));
                                        return (-1);
                                }
+                               else
+                               {
+                                       char errbuf[1024];
+                                       ERROR ("check_create_dir: stat (%s): %s", dir,
+                                                       sstrerror (errno, errbuf,
+                                                               sizeof (errbuf)));
+                                       return (-1);
+                               }
                        }
-                       else
+                       else if (!S_ISDIR (statbuf.st_mode))
                        {
-                               char errbuf[1024];
-                               ERROR ("stat (%s): %s", dir,
-                                               sstrerror (errno, errbuf,
-                                                       sizeof (errbuf)));
+                               ERROR ("check_create_dir: `%s' exists but is not "
+                                               "a directory!", dir);
                                return (-1);
                        }
-               }
-               else if (!S_ISDIR (statbuf.st_mode))
-               {
-                       ERROR ("stat (%s): Not a directory!", dir);
-                       return (-1);
+                       break;
                }
        }