use non-blocking open() not to hang on FIFO files, etc.
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_open_file_cache.c b/src/core/ngx_open_file_cache.c index 6aa66fd..a9c4532 100644 --- a/src/core/ngx_open_file_cache.c +++ b/src/core/ngx_open_file_cache.c
@@ -490,7 +490,14 @@ } if (!of->log) { - fd = ngx_open_file(name, NGX_FILE_RDONLY, NGX_FILE_OPEN, 0); + + /* + * Use non-blocking open() not to hang on FIFO files, etc. + * This flag has no effect on a regular files. + */ + + fd = ngx_open_file(name, NGX_FILE_RDONLY|NGX_FILE_NONBLOCK, + NGX_FILE_OPEN, 0); } else { fd = ngx_open_file(name, NGX_FILE_APPEND, NGX_FILE_CREATE_OR_OPEN,
diff --git a/src/os/unix/ngx_files.h b/src/os/unix/ngx_files.h index ccaf44a..f41eba5 100644 --- a/src/os/unix/ngx_files.h +++ b/src/os/unix/ngx_files.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ #define NGX_FILE_OPEN 0 #define NGX_FILE_TRUNCATE O_CREAT|O_TRUNC #define NGX_FILE_APPEND O_WRONLY|O_APPEND +#define NGX_FILE_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK #define NGX_FILE_DEFAULT_ACCESS 0644 #define NGX_FILE_OWNER_ACCESS 0600
diff --git a/src/os/win32/ngx_files.h b/src/os/win32/ngx_files.h index 610fcd0..c5bb888 100644 --- a/src/os/win32/ngx_files.h +++ b/src/os/win32/ngx_files.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ #define NGX_FILE_WRONLY GENERIC_WRITE #define NGX_FILE_RDWR GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE #define NGX_FILE_APPEND FILE_APPEND_DATA|SYNCHRONIZE +#define NGX_FILE_NONBLOCK 0 #define NGX_FILE_CREATE_OR_OPEN OPEN_ALWAYS #define NGX_FILE_OPEN OPEN_EXISTING