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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/tail/forward.c12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/forward.c b/usr.bin/tail/forward.c
index f991b2517c48..e2a3eb77aade 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tail/forward.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tail/forward.c
@@ -408,10 +408,16 @@ follow(file_info_t *files, enum STYLE style, off_t off)
/*
* In the -F case we set a timeout to ensure that
* we re-stat the file at least once every second.
+ * If we've recieved EINTR, ignore it. Both reasons
+ * for its generation are transient.
*/
- n = kevent(kq, NULL, 0, ev, 1, Fflag ? &ts : NULL);
- if (n < 0)
- err(1, "kevent");
+ do {
+ n = kevent(kq, NULL, 0, ev, 1, Fflag ? &ts : NULL);
+ if (n < 0 && errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+ if (n < 0)
+ err(1, "kevent");
+ } while (n < 0);
if (n == 0) {
/* timeout */
break;