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-rw-r--r--src/journal/journald-server.c10
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diff --git a/src/journal/journald-server.c b/src/journal/journald-server.c
index 5872e91fba..96ef66db5f 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-server.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-server.c
@@ -1430,6 +1430,16 @@ static int server_open_hostname(Server *s) {
r = sd_event_add_io(s->event, &s->hostname_event_source, s->hostname_fd, 0, dispatch_hostname_change, s);
if (r < 0) {
+ /* kernels prior to 3.2 don't support polling this file. Ignore
+ * the failure. */
+ if (r == -EPERM) {
+ log_warning("Failed to register hostname fd in event loop: %s. Ignoring.",
+ strerror(-r));
+ close_nointr_nofail(s->hostname_fd);
+ s->hostname_fd = -1;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
log_error("Failed to register hostname fd in event loop: %s", strerror(-r));
return r;
}