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Re: [PATCH 1/2] git_mkstemps: correctly test return value of open()

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 17, 2013, 19:29 UTC
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Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> writes:
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> Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> writes:
>
>> From: "Dale R. Worley" <worley@alum.mit.edu>
>>
>> open() returns -1 on failure, and indeed 0 is a possible success value
>> if the user closed stdin in our process.  Fix the test.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>
>
> I see you have this in 'pu' without Dale's signoff.  I'm guessing
> (IANAL) that it's too small to be copyrighted and anyway there is only
> way to fix it, but maybe Dale can "sign off" just to be safe, anyway?
Yup, that is a good idea.  Thanks.
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>
>>  wrapper.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
>> index dd7ecbb..6a015de 100644
>> --- a/wrapper.c
>> +++ b/wrapper.c
>> @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ int git_mkstemps_mode(char *pattern, int suffix_len, int mode)
>>  		template[5] = letters[v % num_letters]; v /= num_letters;
>>  
>>  		fd = open(pattern, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR, mode);
>> -		if (fd > 0)
>> +		if (fd >= 0)
>>  			return fd;
>>  		/*
>>  		 * Fatal error (EPERM, ENOSPC etc).
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Message 4 of 16 in “open() error checking”
  1. 0/2 open() error checkingThomas Rast, Jul 12, 2013
  2. 1/2 git_mkstemps: correctly test return value of open()Thomas Rast, Jul 12, 2013
  3. Thomas RastJul 16, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2013
  5. Drew NorthupJul 18, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2013
  8. Dale R. WorleyJul 18, 2013
  9. Eric SunshineJul 18, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2013
  11. Dale R. WorleyJul 18, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2013
  13. Dale R. WorleyJul 18, 2013
  14. 2/2 run-command: dup_devnull(): guard against syscalls failingThomas Rast, Jul 12, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2013
  16. Thomas RastJul 16, 2013

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