From: Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@suse.cz>
To: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
Cc: util-linux <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] fdisk: rework fatal errors
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:18:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120428161859.GB8714@skipper.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1335525831.11068.6.camel@offworld>
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:23:51PM +0200, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
>
> When the device cannot be opened, there's no point calling fatal() when we can just use err(3). When any other kind of fatal
> error occurs it's Ok, in addition we can also go ahead and close the descriptor before exiting the program as it's currently leaking.
>
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
> ---
> fdisk/fdisk.c | 18 ++++++------------
> fdisk/fdisk.h | 9 ++++++---
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fdisk/fdisk.c b/fdisk/fdisk.c
> index f49efd0..a16b672 100644
> --- a/fdisk/fdisk.c
> +++ b/fdisk/fdisk.c
> @@ -264,10 +264,8 @@ static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out)
>
> void fatal(enum failure why)
> {
> + close(fd);
> switch (why) {
> - case unable_to_open:
> - err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("unable to open %s"), disk_device);
> -
> case unable_to_read:
> err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("unable to read %s"), disk_device);
>
> @@ -1087,18 +1085,14 @@ static int get_boot(int try_only) {
> disklabel = ANY_LABEL;
> memset(MBRbuffer, 0, 512);
>
> - if (try_only && (fd = open(disk_device, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
> - fprintf(stderr, _("Cannot open %s\n"), disk_device);
> - fatal(unable_to_open);
> - }
> + if (try_only && (fd = open(disk_device, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
> + err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("unable to open %s"), disk_device);
> else {
> if ((fd = open(disk_device, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
> /* ok, can we read-only the device? */
> if ((fd = open(disk_device, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
> - fatal(unable_to_open);
> - else
> - printf(_("You will not be able to write "
> - "the partition table.\n"));
> + err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("unable to open %s"), disk_device);
> + printf(_("You will not be able to write the partition table.\n"));
> }
> }
>
> @@ -2958,7 +2952,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
> for (j = optind; j < argc; j++) {
> disk_device = argv[j];
> if ((fd = open(disk_device, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
> - fatal(unable_to_open);
> + err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("unable to open %s"), disk_device);
> if (blkdev_get_sectors(fd, &size) == -1)
> fatal(ioctl_error);
> close(fd);
> diff --git a/fdisk/fdisk.h b/fdisk/fdisk.h
> index 01e3d72..cff6b60 100644
> --- a/fdisk/fdisk.h
> +++ b/fdisk/fdisk.h
> @@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ enum menutype {
> EXPERT_MENU,
> };
>
> -enum failure {ioctl_error,
> - unable_to_open, unable_to_read, unable_to_seek,
> - unable_to_write};
> +enum failure {
> + ioctl_error,
> + unable_to_read,
Trailing whitespace ^^ :)
Reviewed-by: Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@suse.cz>
Petr
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-28 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-27 11:23 [PATCH 3/4] fdisk: rework fatal errors Davidlohr Bueso
2012-04-28 16:18 ` Petr Uzel [this message]
2012-05-02 8:07 ` Karel Zak
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