[libvirt] [PATCH] storage_backend.c: avoid closing a negative file descriptor

Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net
Tue Feb 2 11:02:30 UTC 2010


Daniel P. Berrange wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 11:14:39AM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> This close(fd) is reachable with an "fd" of -1 via
>> the "goto cleanup" just before &fd is first set.
>> While closing(-1) is not a big problem, it is a failing
>> syscall, and would show up on an strace audit, not to mention
>> the coverity and maybe-clang warnings.
>>
>> >From c69369c445be53f12ec09a176fd477b9ff16bbff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Jim Meyering <meyering at redhat.com>
>> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:11:49 +0100
>> Subject: [PATCH] storage_backend.c: avoid closing a negative file descriptor
>>
>> * src/storage/storage_backend.c (virStorageBackendRunProgRegex):
>> Don't close a negative (read-only) file descriptor.
>> ---
>>  src/storage/storage_backend.c |    8 +++++---
>>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
>> index bc656f2..84eb8aa 100644
>> --- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c
>> +++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
>> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>>  /*
>>   * storage_backend.c: internal storage driver backend contract
>>   *
>> - * Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Red Hat, Inc.
>> + * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Red Hat, Inc.
>>   * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Daniel P. Berrange
>>   *
>>   * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>> @@ -1326,8 +1326,10 @@ virStorageBackendRunProgRegex(virConnectPtr conn,
>>
>>      if (list)
>>          fclose(list);
>> -    else
>> -        close(fd);
>> +    else {
>> +        if (0 <= fd)
>> +            close(fd);
>> +    }
>
> Can you put conditionals the normal way around with variable being tested
> coming first.

Yeah.  Forgot.

"Normal" is context sensitive.
In many other places where I contribute, "normal" means "<" and "<=",
but no (or very few) uses of ">" or ">=".  Definitely an acquired habit.




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