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From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] transport-helper: check dup() return in get_exporter
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:58:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alcvlJABsStbRtw8@pks.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1792042098cd50ba164b90e5ce62430037661343.1784069325.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 10:48:40PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
> diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
> index 80f90eb7ba..31883b244e 100644
> --- a/transport-helper.c
> +++ b/transport-helper.c
> @@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ static int get_exporter(struct transport *transport,
>  	/* we need to duplicate helper->in because we want to use it after
>  	 * fastexport is done with it. */
>  	fastexport->out = dup(helper->in);
> +	if (fastexport->out < 0)
> +		return error_errno(_("could not dup helper output fd"));
>  	strvec_push(&fastexport->args, "fast-export");
>  	strvec_push(&fastexport->args, "--use-done-feature");
>  	strvec_push(&fastexport->args, data->signed_tags ?

Makes sense. The only caller already knows to die in case it sees a
non-zero return value.

Patrick

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-15  6:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-14 22:48 [PATCH 00/11] coverity: fix unchecked returns Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 01/11] http: die on curl_easy_duphandle failure in get_active_slot Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 02/11] config: propagate launch_editor() failure in show_editor() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15  6:58   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 03/11] reftable/block: check deflateInit() return value Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 04/11] reftable tests: check reftable_table_init_ref_iterator() return Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 05/11] last-modified: handle repo_parse_commit() failures Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15  1:15   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 06/11] compat/pread: check initial lseek for errors Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15  6:58   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 07/11] transport-helper: check dup() return in get_exporter Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15  6:58   ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 08/11] transport-helper: warn when export-marks file cannot be finalized Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 09/11] bisect: check strbuf_getline_lf return when reading terms Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15  1:17   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 10/11] bisect: check get_terms return at all call sites Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15  6:58   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 11/11] bisect: handle dup() failure when redirecting stdout Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15  6:58   ` Patrick Steinhardt

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