*** syslogd.c.1.59.2.28 Wed Jan 26 18:30:28 2005
--- syslogd.c   Wed Jan 26 18:51:21 2005
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*** 103,108 ****
--- 103,109 ----
  #include <libutil.h>
  #include <limits.h>
  #include <paths.h>
+ #include <sched.h>
  #include <signal.h>
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
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*** 1153,1158 ****
--- 1154,1167 ----
                  }
                  if (writev(f->f_file, iov, 7) < 0) {
                          int e = errno;
+                         if (e == EWOULDBLOCK) {
+                                 /* Pipe may just be full, so give logging 
+                                  * subprocess a chance to empty the pipe 
+                                  * before assuming that the subprocess hung */
+                                 sched_yield();
+                                 if (writev(f->f_file, iov, 7) >= 0)
+                                         break;
+                         }
                          (void)close(f->f_file);
                          if (f->f_un.f_pipe.f_pid > 0)
                                  deadq_enter(f->f_un.f_pipe.f_pid,