commit c02f81cccb2626a45d61c3e9eb22a7e5ec261046
author Elliott Hughes <enh@google.com> Sat Mar 28 09:51:54 2015 -0700
committer Elliott Hughes <enh@google.com> Sat Mar 28 09:51:54 2015 -0700
tree ae690c075d3fc96eab8476a1753a992015e74f6d
parent 5db3936dbe6fa73d45ab0f02b7166f43680084d3

Always unlink /dev/__kmsg__.

Whether the open succeeds or fails, we should unlink.

Change-Id: Ic2f1e10dc7b6d6e459c56049da00d165bd63ba8f

libcutils/klog.c

diff --git a/libcutils/klog.c b/libcutils/klog.c
index fad2a8b..f574f08 100644
--- a/libcutils/klog.c
+++ b/libcutils/klog.c
@@ -40,12 +40,9 @@
 void klog_init(void) {
     if (klog_fd >= 0) return; /* Already initialized */
 
-    static const char *name = "/dev/__kmsg__";
+    static const char* name = "/dev/__kmsg__";
     if (mknod(name, S_IFCHR | 0600, (1 << 8) | 11) == 0) {
         klog_fd = open(name, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-        if (klog_fd == -1) {
-            return;
-        }
         unlink(name);
     }
 }