From 34f4732f1a9b6d79bd78d2efa951837cda296097 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fiona Klute <fiona.klute@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 02:23:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] package/openssh/S50sshd: immediately return if sending stop
 fails

If sending the stop signal fails but the PID file exists the following
shutdown wait turns into an endless loop. Avoid that and return the
error immediately.

Signed-off-by: Fiona Klute <fiona.klute@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Marcus Hoffmann <buildroot@bubu1.eu>
---
 package/openssh/S50sshd | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/package/openssh/S50sshd b/package/openssh/S50sshd
index a5ff385acc..7d862db14c 100644
--- a/package/openssh/S50sshd
+++ b/package/openssh/S50sshd
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ stop() {
 		echo "OK"
 	else
 		echo "FAIL"
+		return "$status"
 	fi
 	# sshd deletes its PID file on exit, wait for it to be gone
 	while [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; do