> -----Original Message-----
> From: Masayoshi Mizuma [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 4:06 AM
> To: Qi, Fuli/斉 福利 <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ndctl PATCH 1/4] ndctl, monitor: fix the lack of detection of 
> invalid
> path of log file
> 
> Hi Qi,
> 
> On 08/07/2018 09:17 AM, QI Fuli wrote:
> > Currently the monitor can be started even with an invalid path of log file.
> > This patch adds a detection of invalid path of log file when starting 
> > monitor.
> > If the path of log file is invalid, the monitor will refuse to be started.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: QI Fuli <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  ndctl/monitor.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/ndctl/monitor.c b/ndctl/monitor.c index f10384b..bf1f1d3
> > 100644
> > --- a/ndctl/monitor.c
> > +++ b/ndctl/monitor.c
> > @@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ int cmd_monitor(int argc, const char **argv, void *ctx)
> >     struct util_filter_ctx fctx = { 0 };
> >     struct monitor_filter_arg mfa = { 0 };
> >     int i, rc;
> > +   FILE *f;
> >
> >     argc = parse_options_prefix(argc, argv, prefix, options, u, 0);
> >     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
> > @@ -630,8 +631,16 @@ int cmd_monitor(int argc, const char **argv, void *ctx)
> >                     ndctl_set_log_fn((struct ndctl_ctx *)ctx, log_syslog);
> >             else if (strncmp(monitor.log, "./standard", 10) == 0)
> >                     ; /*default, already set */
> > -           else
> > +           else {
> > +                   f = fopen(monitor.log, "a+");
> > +                   if (!f) {
> > +                           error("open %s failed\n", monitor.log);
> > +                           rc = -errno;
> > +                           goto out;
> > +                   }
> > +                   fclose(f);
> >                     ndctl_set_log_fn((struct ndctl_ctx *)ctx, log_file);
> > +           }
> 

Masa,

Thanks for your comments.

> In log_file(), the log file does fallback to syslog if the fopen() fails.
> In my understanding here is that the fallback is needed to save in case of the
> monitor.log in trouble for example, the parent directory is removed.
> And, the new fopen() check, you have added by this patch, to inform the 
> invalid log
> path for users.
> 
Yes, this is what I wanted to implement.

> Is my understanding correct? If so, make sense to me.
> Please feel free to add:
> 
>     Reviewed-by: Masayoshi Mizuma <[email protected]>
> 

Thanks,
QI

> Thanks,
> Masa
> 
> >     }
> >
> >     if (monitor.daemon) {
> >
> 

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