1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 04221fc33..266657f3b 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct logFile_t {
         const char *path;
         int fd;
+        time_t last_log_time;
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
         unsigned size;
         uint8_t isRegular;
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ struct globals {
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
         struct shbuf_ds *shbuf;
 #endif
-        time_t last_log_time;
         /* localhost's name. We print only first 64 chars */
         char *hostname;
 
@@ -588,15 +588,16 @@ static void log_locally(time_t now, char *msg, logFile_t *log_file)
         /* fd can't be 0 (we connect fd 0 to /dev/log socket) */
         /* fd is 1 if "-O -" is in use */
         if (log_file->fd > 1) {
-                /* Reopen log file every second. This allows admin
-                 * to delete the file and not worry about restarting us.
+                /* Reopen log files every second. This allows admin
+                 * to delete the files and not worry about restarting us.
                  * This costs almost nothing since it happens
-                 * _at most_ once a second.
+                 * _at most_ once a second for each file, and happens
+                 * only when each file is actually written.
                  */
                 if (!now)
                         now = time(NULL);
-                if (G.last_log_time != now) {
-                        G.last_log_time = now;
+                if (log_file->last_log_time != now) {
+                        log_file->last_log_time = now;
                         close(log_file->fd);
                         goto reopen;
                 }