+ error = log_file_name ? chown(log_file_name, user, group) : 0;
+ if (error) {
+ /* Build the error message. We can not call VLOG_FATAL directly
+ * here because VLOG_FATAL() will try again to to acquire
+ * 'log_file_mutex' lock, causing deadlock.
+ */
+ ds_put_format(&err, "Failed to change %s ownership: %s.",
+ log_file_name, ovs_strerror(errno));
+ }