From 5fa60e50196b0d30cf8a7fd96c7d36bd9307fef2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:22:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] prefer using systemd for oom monitoring

---
 utils/oomparser/oomparser.go | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/oomparser/oomparser.go b/utils/oomparser/oomparser.go
index 86436f99..b64159c4 100644
--- a/utils/oomparser/oomparser.go
+++ b/utils/oomparser/oomparser.go
@@ -205,13 +205,17 @@ func getSystemFile() (string, error) {
 // initializes an OomParser object and calls getSystemFile to set the systemFile
 // attribute.  Returns and OomParser object and an error
 func New() (*OomParser, error) {
+	parser, err := trySystemd()
+	if err == nil {
+		return parser, nil
+	}
 	systemFile, err := getSystemFile()
 	if err != nil {
-		return trySystemd()
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	file, err := os.Open(systemFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		return trySystemd()
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &OomParser{
 		ioreader: bufio.NewReader(file),