mod_posix: Some (perhaps temporary) changes to re-lock the pidfile after truncating, to avoid breaking prosodyctl

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/mod_posix.lua b/plugins/mod_posix.lua
index 11e3c418..77b2f2a4 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_posix.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_posix.lua
@@ -95,13 +95,17 @@ local function write_pidfile()
 				pidfile_handle = nil;
 				prosody.shutdown("Prosody already running");
 			else
+				pidfile_handle:close();
 				pidfile_handle, err = io.open(pidfile, "w+");
 				if not pidfile_handle then
 					module:log("error", "Couldn't write pidfile at %s; %s", pidfile, err);
 					prosody.shutdown("Couldn't write pidfile");
+				else
+					if lfs.lock(pidfile_handle, "w") then
+						pidfile_handle:write(tostring(pposix.getpid()));
+						pidfile_handle:flush();
+					end
 				end
-				pidfile_handle:write(tostring(pposix.getpid()));
-				pidfile_handle:flush();
 			end
 		end
 	end