lttng-ctl: fix: lttng_data_pending confuses communication status

[lttng-tools.git] / src / lib / lttng-ctl / lttng-ctl.c

diff --git a/src/lib/lttng-ctl/lttng-ctl.c b/src/lib/lttng-ctl/lttng-ctl.c
index 87081390175f346fb8d7b117e4439c6483d21faa..1a6e75acfea4286e8b8c5a6dddb25225190e8d7d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lib/lttng-ctl/lttng-ctl.c
+++ b/src/lib/lttng-ctl/lttng-ctl.c
@@ -2229,6 +2229,10 @@ int lttng_data_pending(const char *session_name)
                /* Unexpected payload size */
                ret = -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
                goto end;
+       } else if (!pending) {
+               /* Internal error. */
+               ret = -LTTNG_ERR_UNK;
+               goto end;
        }
 
        ret = (int) *pending;