X-Git-Url: https://git.liburcu.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcommon%2Fcompat%2Fcompat-epoll.c;h=f4befa1a2a510fbdbb00825d87ad70f80e57200f;hb=811b2f150aae06ae0d211dc97416b847986798a3;hp=58f50cc94dd83e33448ca31ebdb2fd2594fee88a;hpb=890d8fe47755c3bad936389cf48ffa141cff41c9;p=lttng-tools.git

diff --git a/src/common/compat/compat-epoll.c b/src/common/compat/compat-epoll.c
index 58f50cc94..f4befa1a2 100644
--- a/src/common/compat/compat-epoll.c
+++ b/src/common/compat/compat-epoll.c
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ int compat_epoll_wait(struct lttng_poll_event *events, int timeout)
 		ERR("Wrong arguments in compat_epoll_wait");
 		goto error;
 	}
-	assert(events->nb_fd >= 0);
 
 	if (events->nb_fd == 0) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
@@ -260,7 +259,15 @@ int compat_epoll_set_max_size(void)
 
 	fd = open(COMPAT_EPOLL_PROC_PATH, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		retval = -1;
+		/*
+		 * Failing on opening [1] is not an error per see. [1] was
+		 * introduced in Linux 2.6.28 but epoll is available since
+		 * 2.5.44. Hence, goto end and set a default value without
+		 * setting an error return value.
+		 *
+		 * [1] /proc/sys/fs/epoll/max_user_watches
+		 */
+		retval = 0;
 		goto end;
 	}