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-rw-r--r--misc/syslog.c14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/misc/syslog.c b/misc/syslog.c
index c0fcdf31a4..0ba351781f 100644
--- a/misc/syslog.c
+++ b/misc/syslog.c
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ openlog_internal(const char *ident, int logstat, int logfac)
 	if (logfac != 0 && (logfac &~ LOG_FACMASK) == 0)
 		LogFacility = logfac;
 
-	while (1) {
+	int retry = 0;
+	while (retry < 2) {
 		if (LogFile == -1) {
 			SyslogAddr.sa_family = AF_UNIX;
 			(void)strncpy(SyslogAddr.sa_data, _PATH_LOG,
@@ -345,12 +346,13 @@ openlog_internal(const char *ident, int logstat, int logfac)
 				int fd = LogFile;
 				LogFile = -1;
 				(void)__close(fd);
-				if (LogType == SOCK_DGRAM
-				    && saved_errno == EPROTOTYPE)
+				__set_errno (old_errno);
+				if (saved_errno == EPROTOTYPE)
 				{
-					/* retry with next SOCK_STREAM: */
-					LogType = SOCK_STREAM;
-					__set_errno (old_errno);
+					/* retry with the other type: */
+					LogType = (LogType == SOCK_DGRAM
+						   ? SOCK_STREAM : SOCK_DGRAM);
+					++retry;
 					continue;
 				}
 			} else