[libvirt] [PATCH 4/7] Add a sysinfo util module and read host info API

[Daniel Veillard]

On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 11:48:50AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 05:36:46PM +0100, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> > +virSysinfoDefPtr
> > +virSysinfoRead(void) {
> > +    char *path, *cur, *eol, *base;
> > +    int pid, outfd = -1, errfd = -1;
> > +    virSysinfoDefPtr ret = NULL;
> > +    const char **argv;
> > +    int n, res, waitret, exitstatus;
> > +    char *outbuf = NULL;
> > +    char *errbuf = NULL;
> > +
> > +    path = virFindFileInPath(SYSINFO_SMBIOS_DECODER);
> > +    if (path == NULL) {
> > +        virSmbiosReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
> > +                           _("Failed to find path for %s binary"),
> > +                             SYSINFO_SMBIOS_DECODER);
> > +        return(NULL);
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    n = 1 + /* dmidecode */
> > +        1 + /* -q */
> > +        2;  /* -t 0,1 */
> > +
> > +    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(argv, n + 1) < 0)
> > +        return(NULL);
> > +
> > +    n = 0;
> > +    argv[n++] = path;
> > +    argv[n++] = "-q";
> > +    argv[n++] = "-t";
> > +    argv[n++] = "0,1";
> > +    argv[n] = NULL;
> 
> Since there's no conditionally included args here, it is simpler
> to avoid the counting of args & alloc & just pre-declare argv
> 
>   const char *argv[] = { path, "-q", "-t", "0,1", NULL };

  Right, I initially made 2 invokations of dmidecode, and then
  discovered that -t could take 0,1 ... that's a leftover !

Daniel

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