[libvirt] [PATCH 01/10] virRandomBytes: Fix return value

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Tue May 29 20:19:28 UTC 2018


On 05/29/2018 03:24 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> In libvirt when a function wants to return an error code it
> should be a negative value. Returning a positive value (or zero)
> means success. But virRandomBytes() does not follow this rule.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> ---
>   src/util/vircrypto.c  | 4 ++--
>   src/util/virrandom.c  | 6 +++---
>   src/util/viruuid.c    | 4 ++--
>   tests/vircryptotest.c | 4 ++--
>   4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 

> +++ b/src/util/virrandom.c
> @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ uint32_t virRandomInt(uint32_t max)
>    * Generate a stream of random bytes from /dev/urandom
>    * into @buf of size @buflen
>    *
> - * Returns 0 on success or an errno on failure
> + * Returns 0 on success or an -errno on failure

"an negative" sounds awkward when pronounced; I'd go with s/an //

With that tweak,
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com>

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