=== modified file 'src/metalog.c'
--- src/metalog.c	2007-07-11 08:27:27 +0000
+++ src/metalog.c	2007-07-11 08:45:39 +0000
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@
     }
     chmod(sa.sun_path, 0666);
     sockets[1] = -1;
+
+    if (do_kernel_log) {
 #ifdef HAVE_KLOGCTL
     /* larger buffers compared to a pipe() */
     if(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fdpipe) < 0) {
@@ -489,6 +491,14 @@
         sockets[1] = klogfd;
     }
 #endif
+    }
+    else {
+      /*
+       * This will avoid reading from the kernel socket in the process()
+       * function, which only takes into account valid descriptors.
+       */
+      sockets[1] = -1;
+    }
 
     /* setup the signal handler pipe */
     if (socketpair(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0, dolog_queue) < 0) {
@@ -1436,6 +1446,9 @@
         case 'v' :
             ++verbose;
             break;
+        case 'N' :
+            do_kernel_log = 0;
+            break;
         case 'V' :
             puts(PACKAGE " version " VERSION);
             exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);

=== modified file 'src/metalog_p.h'
--- src/metalog_p.h	2007-07-11 08:27:27 +0000
+++ src/metalog_p.h	2007-07-11 08:42:36 +0000
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #else
 # define KLOGCTL_OPTIONS ""
 #endif
-#define GETOPT_OPTIONS KLOGCTL_OPTIONS "aBC:hp:sVv"
+#define GETOPT_OPTIONS KLOGCTL_OPTIONS "aBC:hp:sVvN"
 
 static struct option long_options[] = {
     { "async",        0, NULL, 'a' },
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #endif
     { "configfile",   1, NULL, 'C' },
     { "pidfile",      1, NULL, 'p' },
+    { "no-kernel",    0, NULL, 'N' },
     { "synchronous",  0, NULL, 's' },
     { "sync",         0, NULL, 's' },
     { "verbose",      0, NULL, 'v' },
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 static pid_t child;
 static sig_atomic_t synchronous = (sig_atomic_t) 1;
 static int verbose;
+static int do_kernel_log = 1;
 static signed char daemonize;
 static const char *pid_file = DEFAULT_PID_FILE;
 static const char *config_file = DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE;