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[PATCH v2 2/6] usage.c API users: use die_message() for "fatal :" + exit 128

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 7, 2021, 18:26 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-v2-2.6-f5a98901498-20211207T182419Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover-v2-0.6-00000000000-20211207T182419Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Change code that printed its own "fatal: " message and exited with a status code of 128 to use the die_message() function added in a preceding commit.

This change also demonstrates why the return value of die_message_routine() needed to be that of "report_fn". We have callers such as the run-command.c::child_err_spew() which would like to replace its error routine with the return value of "get_die_message_routine()".

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/fast-import.c | 12 +++++++-----
 http-backend.c        |  3 ++-
 parse-options.c       |  2 +-
 run-command.c         | 16 +++++-----------
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/fast-import.c b/builtin/fast-import.c
index 20406f67754..2b2e28bad79 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-import.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-import.c
@@ -401,16 +401,18 @@ static void dump_marks(void);
 
 static NORETURN void die_nicely(const char *err, va_list params)
 {
+	va_list cp;
 	static int zombie;
-	char message[2 * PATH_MAX];
+	report_fn die_message_fn = get_die_message_routine();
 
-	vsnprintf(message, sizeof(message), err, params);
-	fputs("fatal: ", stderr);
-	fputs(message, stderr);
-	fputc('\n', stderr);
+	va_copy(cp, params);
+	die_message_fn(err, params);
 
 	if (!zombie) {
+		char message[2 * PATH_MAX];
+
 		zombie = 1;
+		vsnprintf(message, sizeof(message), err, cp);
 		write_crash_report(message);
 		end_packfile();
 		unkeep_all_packs();
diff --git a/http-backend.c b/http-backend.c
index 3d6e2ff17f8..982cb62c7cb 100644
--- a/http-backend.c
+++ b/http-backend.c
@@ -659,8 +659,9 @@ static NORETURN void die_webcgi(const char *err, va_list params)
 {
 	if (dead <= 1) {
 		struct strbuf hdr = STRBUF_INIT;
+		report_fn die_message_fn = get_die_message_routine();
 
-		vreportf("fatal: ", err, params);
+		die_message_fn(err, params);
 
 		http_status(&hdr, 500, "Internal Server Error");
 		hdr_nocache(&hdr);
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index fc5b43ff0b2..8bc0a21f1d7 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -1075,6 +1075,6 @@ void NORETURN usage_msg_opt(const char *msg,
 		   const char * const *usagestr,
 		   const struct option *options)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "fatal: %s\n\n", msg);
+	die_message("%s\n", msg); /* The extra \n is intentional */
 	usage_with_options(usagestr, options);
 }
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index f40df01c772..a790fe9799d 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -340,15 +340,6 @@ static void child_close_pair(int fd[2])
 	child_close(fd[1]);
 }
 
-/*
- * parent will make it look like the child spewed a fatal error and died
- * this is needed to prevent changes to t0061.
- */
-static void fake_fatal(const char *err, va_list params)
-{
-	vreportf("fatal: ", err, params);
-}
-
 static void child_error_fn(const char *err, va_list params)
 {
 	const char msg[] = "error() should not be called in child\n";
@@ -372,9 +363,10 @@ static void NORETURN child_die_fn(const char *err, va_list params)
 static void child_err_spew(struct child_process *cmd, struct child_err *cerr)
 {
 	static void (*old_errfn)(const char *err, va_list params);
+	report_fn die_message_routine = get_die_message_routine();
 
 	old_errfn = get_error_routine();
-	set_error_routine(fake_fatal);
+	set_error_routine(die_message_routine);
 	errno = cerr->syserr;
 
 	switch (cerr->err) {
@@ -1082,7 +1074,9 @@ static void *run_thread(void *data)
 
 static NORETURN void die_async(const char *err, va_list params)
 {
-	vreportf("fatal: ", err, params);
+	report_fn die_message_fn = get_die_message_routine();
+
+	die_message_fn(err, params);
 
 	if (in_async()) {
 		struct async *async = pthread_getspecific(async_key);
-- 
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  1. 0/4 usage API: Add and use die_message()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 6, 2021
  2. 2/4 usage.c API users: use die_message() where appropriateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 6, 2021
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2021
  4. 1/4 usage.c: add a die_message() routineÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 6, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2021
  7. 4/4 config API: don't use vreportf(), make it static in usage.cÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 6, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2021
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 7, 2021
  10. 3/4 usage.c + gc: add and use a die_message_errno()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 6, 2021
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2021
  12. 0/6 usage API: Add and use die_message()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 7, 2021
  13. 1/6 usage.c: add a die_message() routineÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 7, 2021
  14. 2/6 usage.c API users: use die_message() for "fatal :" + exit 128Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 7, 2021
  15. 3/6 usage.c API users: use die_message() for error() + exit 128Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 7, 2021
  16. 4/6 gc: return from cmd_gc(), don't call exit()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 7, 2021
  17. 5/6 usage.c + gc: add and use a die_message_errno()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 7, 2021
  18. 6/6 config API: use get_error_routine(), not vreportf()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 7, 2021
  19. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2021
  20. Jonathan TanDec 22, 2021
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2021
  22. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 24, 2021

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