Jim Meyering wrote: ... ... ... Here's a slight adjustment. That third patch missed one of these: - ret = safewrite(handles[1].pipeFD[1], &one, 1); + if (safewrite(handles[1].pipeFD[1], &one, 1) != 1) + return EXIT_FAILURE; It's corrected below: From: Jim Meyering <meyering(a)redhat.com&gt; Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:14:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] storage_backend_logical.c: appease clang: remove useless increment * src/storage_backend_logical.c (virStorageBackendLogicalBuildPool): Don't increment "n" when we won't use the result. --- src/storage_backend_logical.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/storage_backend_logical.c b/src/storage_backend_logical.c index bc40dd7..43117e8 100644 --- a/src/storage_backend_logical.c +++ b/src/storage_backend_logical.c @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ virStorageBackendLogicalBuildPool(virConnectPtr conn, goto cleanup; } - vgargv[n++] = NULL; + vgargv[n] = NULL; /* Now create the volume group itself */ if (virRun(conn, vgargv, NULL) < 0) -- 1.6.4.2.409.g85dc3 From: Jim Meyering <meyering(a)redhat.com&gt; Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:23:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] openvz_conf.c: Remove dead store to copy_fd * src/openvz_conf.c (openvz_copyfile): Remove unused assignment. --- src/openvz_conf.c | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/openvz_conf.c b/src/openvz_conf.c index 41c6684..2f0471c 100644 --- a/src/openvz_conf.c +++ b/src/openvz_conf.c @@ -692,7 +692,6 @@ openvz_copyfile(char* from_path, char* to_path) fd = -1; if (close(copy_fd) < 0) goto error; - copy_fd = -1; return 0; -- 1.6.4.2.409.g85dc3 From: Jim Meyering <meyering(a)redhat.com&gt; Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:25:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] eventtest.c: detect write failure and avoid dead stores * tests/eventtest.c (mymain): Exit nonzero upon write failure. This also avoids several dead stores of the form ret = safewrite... --- tests/eventtest.c | 18 +++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/tests/eventtest.c b/tests/eventtest.c index 68ac2fc..da34388 100644 --- a/tests/eventtest.c +++ b/tests/eventtest.c @@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ resetAll(void) static int mymain(int argc, char **argv) { - int ret = 0; char *progname; int i; pthread_t eventThread; @@ -304,7 +303,8 @@ mymain(int argc, char **argv) /* First time, is easy - just try triggering one of our * registered handles */ startJob("Simple write", &test); - ret = safewrite(handles[1].pipeFD[1], &one, 1); + if (safewrite(handles[1].pipeFD[1], &one, 1) != 1) + return EXIT_FAILURE; if (finishJob(1, -1) != EXIT_SUCCESS) return EXIT_FAILURE; @@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ mymain(int argc, char **argv) * try triggering another handle */ virEventRemoveHandleImpl(handles[0].watch); startJob("Deleted before poll", &test); - ret = safewrite(handles[1].pipeFD[1], &one, 1); + if (safewrite(handles[1].pipeFD[1], &one, 1) != 1) + return EXIT_FAILURE; if (finishJob(1, -1) != EXIT_SUCCESS) return EXIT_FAILURE; @@ -346,8 +347,9 @@ mymain(int argc, char **argv) * about */ startJob("Deleted during dispatch", &test); handles[2].delete = handles[3].watch; - ret = safewrite(handles[2].pipeFD[1], &one, 1); - ret = safewrite(handles[3].pipeFD[1], &one, 1); + if (safewrite(handles[2].pipeFD[1], &one, 1) != 1 + || safewrite(handles[3].pipeFD[1], &one, 1) != 1) + return EXIT_FAILURE; if (finishJob(2, -1) != EXIT_SUCCESS) return EXIT_FAILURE; @@ -356,7 +358,8 @@ mymain(int argc, char **argv) /* Extreme fun, lets delete ourselves during dispatch */ startJob("Deleted during dispatch", &test); handles[2].delete = handles[2].watch; - ret = safewrite(handles[2].pipeFD[1], &one, 1); + if (safewrite(handles[2].pipeFD[1], &one, 1) != 1) + return EXIT_FAILURE; if (finishJob(2, -1) != EXIT_SUCCESS) return EXIT_FAILURE; @@ -446,7 +449,8 @@ mymain(int argc, char **argv) testPipeReader, &handles[1], NULL); startJob("Write duplicate", &test); - ret = safewrite(handles[1].pipeFD[1], &one, 1); + if (safewrite(handles[1].pipeFD[1], &one, 1) != 1) + return EXIT_FAILURE; if (finishJob(1, -1) != EXIT_SUCCESS) return EXIT_FAILURE; -- 1.6.4.2.409.g85dc3