From ea860f1ca6d96c723004dfb343bea399da720d54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DDDHuang <44492639+DDDHuang@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:42:33 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: emqx_cluster_rpc start link

---
 apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_cluster_rpc.erl | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_cluster_rpc.erl b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_cluster_rpc.erl
index 2c8b14393..1947d400d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_cluster_rpc.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_cluster_rpc.erl
@@ -75,7 +75,14 @@ start_link() ->
     start_link(node(), ?MODULE, get_retry_ms()).
 
 start_link(Node, Name, RetryMs) ->
-    gen_server:start_link({local, Name}, ?MODULE, [Node, RetryMs], []).
+    case gen_server:start_link({local, Name}, ?MODULE, [Node, RetryMs], []) of
+        {ok, Pid} ->
+            {ok, Pid};
+        {error, {already_started, Pid}} ->
+            {ok, Pid};
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            {error, Reason}
+    end.
 
 %% @doc return {ok, TnxId, MFARes} the first MFA result when all MFA run ok.
 %% return {error, MFARes} when the first MFA result is no ok or {ok, term()}.