#
# Description: reconnects to log socket if a write fails with
#              ECONNREFUSED or ENOTCONN -- similar to reopen
#              in syslog routines provided by glibc.
#              Happens if the log socket (provided by syslog
#              daemon) has been reopened. Can be triggered by
#              "rcsyslog reload" while syslog-ng is used.
#              See also Bugzilla Bug #27971.
#
# Author: mt@suse.de
#
Index: syslog.c
===================================================================
--- syslog.c.orig	2009-11-24 18:12:52.145473000 +0100
+++ syslog.c	2009-11-24 18:12:54.173290000 +0100
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ vsyslog(pri, fmt, ap)
 	register int cnt;
 	register char *p;
 	time_t now;
-	int fd, saved_errno;
+	int fd, saved_errno, rc;
 	char tbuf[2048], fmt_cpy[1024], *stdp = (char *) 0;
 
 	saved_errno = errno;
@@ -167,7 +167,16 @@ vsyslog(pri, fmt, ap)
 	}
 
 	/* output the message to the local logger */
-	if (write(LogFile, tbuf, cnt + 1) >= 0 || !(LogStat&LOG_CONS))
+	rc = write(LogFile, tbuf, cnt + 1);
+	if(rc == -1 && connected && (ECONNREFUSED == errno ||
+	                             ENOTCONN     == errno)) {
+		/* try to reopen and write again */
+		closelog();
+		openlog(LogTag, LogStat | LOG_NDELAY, LogFacility);
+		if(connected)
+			rc = write(LogFile, tbuf, cnt + 1);
+	}
+	if(rc >= 0 || !(LogStat&LOG_CONS))
 		return;
 
 	/*