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Re: [PATCH 01/10] scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main()

From Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 01/10] scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main()
Date 2016-11-02 16:50 +0100
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2016-10-28 17:31 GMT+09:00 SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:15:04 +0200
>
> Return values were not checked from five calls of the function "printf".
>
> This issue was detected also by using the Coccinelle software.
>
>
> * Add a bit of exception handling there.
>
> * Optimise this function implementation a bit.
>
>   - Replace two output calls with the functions "fputs" and "puts".
>
>   - Use the preincrement operator for the variable "total".
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  scripts/basic/bin2c.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/basic/bin2c.c b/scripts/basic/bin2c.c
> index c3d7eef..c6c8860 100644
> --- a/scripts/basic/bin2c.c
> +++ b/scripts/basic/bin2c.c
> @@ -8,29 +8,35 @@
>   */
>
>  #include <stdio.h>
> +#include <errno.h>
>
>  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  {
>         int ch, total = 0;
>
>         if (argc > 1)
> -               printf("const char %s[] %s=\n",
> -                       argv[1], argc > 2 ? argv[2] : "");
> +               if (printf("const char %s[] %s=\n",
> +                          argv[1], argc > 2 ? argv[2] : "") < 16)
> +                       return errno;
>
>         do {
> -               printf("\t\"");
> +               if (fputs("\t\"", stdout) < 0)
> +                       return errno;
> +
>                 while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) {
> -                       total++;
> -                       printf("\\x%02x", ch);
> -                       if (total % 16 == 0)
> +                       if (printf("\\x%02x", ch) < 4)
> +                               return errno;
> +                       if (++total % 16 == 0)
>                                 break;
>                 }
> -               printf("\"\n");
> +
> +               if (puts("\"") < 0)
> +                       return errno;


Is replacing printf("\"\n") with puts("\"") optimization?


Frankly, the result of this patch
seems extremely unreadable code.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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[PATCH 00/10] scripts/basic: Fine-tuning for seven function  implementations SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-28 10:40 +0200
  [PATCH 08/10] scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in  print_config() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-28 10:40 +0200
  [PATCH 06/10] scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in  do_config_file() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-28 10:40 +0200
  [PATCH 05/10] scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in  parse_dep_file() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-28 10:40 +0200
  [PATCH 07/10] scripts/basic/fixdep: Fix error log output in  do_config_file() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-28 10:40 +0200
  [PATCH 03/10] scripts/basic/fixdep: Use the symbol "MAP_FAILED" in  print_deps() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-28 10:40 +0200
  [PATCH 01/10] scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-28 10:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 01/10] scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() Jim Davis <jim.epost@gmail.com> - 2016-10-29 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 01/10] scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2016-11-02 16:50 +0100
      Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-11-02 18:50 +0100
        Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2016-11-02 19:30 +0100
          Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-11-02 19:50 +0100
            Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-11-03 16:50 +0100
              Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-11-03 20:50 +0100
                Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-11-04 13:20 +0100
                Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-11-04 14:50 +0100
  [PATCH 09/10] scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in  print_cmdline() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-28 10:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 09/10] scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in print_cmdline() Jim Davis <jim.epost@gmail.com> - 2016-10-29 01:50 +0200
      Re: scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in print_cmdline() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-30 16:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 09/10] scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in print_cmdline() Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2016-11-02 16:40 +0100
        Re: scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in print_cmdline() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-11-02 18:40 +0100
          Re: scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in print_cmdline() Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2016-11-02 19:40 +0100
            Re: scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in print_cmdline() Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-11-03 17:00 +0100
  [PATCH 10/10] scripts/basic/fixdep: Combine two fprintf() calls into  one fputs() call in usage() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-28 10:50 +0200

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