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[RFC PATCH 12/21] pack-objects: use BUG(...) not die("BUG: ...")

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 15, 2021, 22:18 UTC
Message-ID
<RFC-patch-12.21-2507ea71700-20211115T220831Z-avarab@gmail.com>
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<RFC-cover-00.21-00000000000-20211115T220831Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Change this code added in da93d12b004 (pack-objects: be incredibly anal about stdio semantics, 2006-04-02) to use BUG() instead.

See 1a07e59c3e2 (Update messages in preparation for i18n, 2018-07-21) for when the "BUG: " prefix was added, and [1] for background on the Solaris behavior that prompted the exhaustive error checking in this fgets() loop.

1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/824.1144007555@lotus.CS.Berkeley.EDU/
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/pack-objects.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 1a3dd445f83..0b1f82cd3ad 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -3397,7 +3397,7 @@ static void read_object_list_from_stdin(void)
 			if (feof(stdin))
 				break;
 			if (!ferror(stdin))
-				die("BUG: fgets returned NULL, not EOF, not error!");
+				BUG("fgets returned NULL, not EOF, not error!");
 			if (errno != EINTR)
 				die_errno("fgets");
 			clearerr(stdin);
-- 
2.34.0.rc2.809.g11e21d44b24
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Message 12 of 34 in “C99: show meaningful <file>:<line> in trace2 via macros”
  1. 00/21 C99: show meaningful <file>:<line> in trace2 via macrosÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  2. 01/21 git-compat-util.h: clarify GCC v.s. C99-specific in commentÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  3. 03/21 usage.c: add a die_message() routineÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  4. 02/21 C99 support: hard-depend on C99 variadic macrosÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  5. 04/21 usage.c API users: use die_message() where appropriateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  6. 05/21 usage.c + gc: add and use a die_message_errno()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  7. 07/21 common-main.c: call exit(), don't returnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  8. 06/21 config API: don't use vreportf(), make it static in usage.cÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  9. 08/21 usage.c: add a non-fatal bug() function to go with BUG()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  10. 10/21 receive-pack: use bug() and BUG_if_bug()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  11. 11/21 cache-tree.c: use bug() and BUG_if_bug()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  12. 12/21 pack-objects: use BUG(...) not die("BUG: ...")Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  13. 17/21 usage.c: move usage routines aroundÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  14. 21/21 usage API: add "core.usageAddSource" config to add <file>:<line>Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  15. 20/21 usage API: make the "{usage,fatal,error,warning,BUG}: " translatableÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  16. 19/21 usage API: use C99 macros for {usage,usagef,die,error,warning,die}*()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  17. Jeff HostetlerDec 27, 2021
  18. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 27, 2021
  19. Jeff HostetlerDec 28, 2021
  20. Elijah NewrenDec 28, 2021
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 28, 2021
  22. Elijah NewrenDec 29, 2021
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 28, 2021
  24. Jeff HostetlerDec 29, 2021
  25. 18/21 usage.c: move rename variables in usage routines aroundÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  26. 16/21 usage.[ch] API: rename "warn" vars functions to "warning"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  27. 14/21 usage API: create a new usage.h, move API docs thereÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  28. 15/21 usage.[ch] API users: use report_fn, not hardcoded prototypeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  29. 13/21 strbuf.h: use BUG(...) not die("BUG: ...")Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  30. 09/21 parse-options.[ch] API: use bug() to improve error outputÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 15, 2021
  31. Taylor BlauNov 16, 2021
  32. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 16, 2021
  33. Taylor BlauNov 16, 2021
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