From 115a069d8d12a893c45a7d16a4db43b02624f2b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoffrey Bonneville <geoffrey.bonneville@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:44:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: do not write log if file handler is bad (#5675)

---
 libtransmission/log.cc | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libtransmission/log.cc b/libtransmission/log.cc
index 63f5740a8..406431f37 100644
--- a/libtransmission/log.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/log.cc
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ void logAddImpl(
         if (fp == TR_BAD_SYS_FILE)
         {
             fp = tr_sys_file_get_std(TR_STD_SYS_FILE_ERR);
+            // if fp is still bad, do not write log
+            if (fp == TR_BAD_SYS_FILE)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
         }
 
         auto timestr = std::array<char, 64>{};