dont try to send error packets if the transport is down

diff --git a/server/ctdb_call.c b/server/ctdb_call.c
index 5e7261c12014167ce8824639e867bbef9c3aeaac..0df411e777db576ff817ca903f79a67cb262f6e7 100644 (file)
--- a/server/ctdb_call.c
+++ b/server/ctdb_call.c
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ static void ctdb_send_error(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
        char *msg;
        int msglen, len;
 
+       if (ctdb->methods == NULL) {
+               DEBUG(DEBUG_ERR,(__location__ " Failed to send error. Transport is DOWN\n"));
+               return -1;
+       }
+
        va_start(ap, fmt);
        msg = talloc_vasprintf(ctdb, fmt, ap);
        if (msg == NULL) {