Merge branch 'sp/maint-http-backend-die-triggers-die-recursively' int…

…o maint * sp/maint-http-backend-die-triggers-die-recursively: http-backend: Don't infinite loop during die()
git-mirror · Apr 10, 2010 · 326bea4 · 326bea4
2 parents fe7e372 + 5856b5f
commit 326bea4
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diff --git a/http-backend.c b/http-backend.c
@@ -538,15 +538,19 @@ static void service_rpc(char *service_name)
 
 static NORETURN void die_webcgi(const char *err, va_list params)
 {
-	char buffer[1000];
+	static int dead;
 
-	http_status(500, "Internal Server Error");
-	hdr_nocache();
-	end_headers();
+	if (!dead) {
+		char buffer[1000];
+		dead = 1;
 
-	vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), err, params);
-	fprintf(stderr, "fatal: %s\n", buffer);
-	exit(0);
+		vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), err, params);
+		fprintf(stderr, "fatal: %s\n", buffer);
+		http_status(500, "Internal Server Error");
+		hdr_nocache();
+		end_headers();
+	}
+	exit(0); /* we successfully reported a failure ;-) */
 }
 
 static char* getdir(void)