[lvm-devel] [PATCH] pid files cleanup

[Fabio M. Di Nitto]

On 7/9/2010 3:09 PM, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 11:04:04AM +0200, Fabio M. Di Nitto wrote:
>> +	/* Create pidfile */
>> +	if (create_lockfile(CLVMD_PIDFILE) < 0) {
> 
> For functions in lvm, our convention is to return 1 on success or 0 on failure.

Ok, i´ll swap them around.

> 
>> +++ b/daemons/cmirrord/Makefile.in
> 
>> +LVMLIBS = $(LVMINTERNAL_LIBS)
> 
> Hmmm.
> 
> We still have already:
>   cmirrord: $(OBJECTS) $(top_builddir)/lib/liblvm-internal.a
> 
> - Does the definition above mean this bit can come out?

It´s best to have them there both.

cmirrord: $(top_builddir)/lib/liblvm-internal.a

expresses a dependency that is required before calling the linker.

+LVMLIBS = $(LVMINTERNAL_LIBS)

this is necessary to link against liblvm-internal.

> 
>> +++ b/lib/misc/lvm-file.c
>> +	return 0;
> 
> return 1;
> 
>> +	return -errno;
> 
> return 0;
> 
> (This function already handled/reported errno appropriately.)

I´ll check again.

> 
> Looks good - ack.

Ok thanks, I´ll repost the new patch with the correct return codes later
today or early monday morning.

Fabio