obtain a new descriptor for the lock in kids, this should fix locking problems

[freeside.git] / fs_selfservice / FS-SelfService / freeside-selfservice-clientd

diff --git a/fs_selfservice/FS-SelfService/freeside-selfservice-clientd b/fs_selfservice/FS-SelfService/freeside-selfservice-clientd
index 5a05838..ededfa6 100644 (file)
--- a/fs_selfservice/FS-SelfService/freeside-selfservice-clientd
+++ b/fs_selfservice/FS-SelfService/freeside-selfservice-clientd
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ $SIG{__WARN__} = \&_logmsg;
 
 warn "Creating $lock_file\n" if $Debug;
 open(LOCKFILE,">$lock_file") or die "can't open $lock_file: $!";
+close LOCKFILE;
 
 warn "Creating $socket\n" if $Debug;
 my $uaddr = sockaddr_un($socket);
@@ -256,6 +257,9 @@ sub lock_write {
   #broken on freebsd?
   #flock(STDOUT, LOCK_EX) or die "FATAL: can't lock write stream: $!";
 
+  #open a new one for each kid to get a unique lock
+  open(LOCKFILE,">$lock_file") or die "can't open $lock_file: $!";
+
   flock(LOCKFILE, LOCK_EX) or die "FATAL: can't lock $lock_file: $!";
 }