Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] storage_backend.c: avoid closing a negative file descriptor

This close(fd) is reachable with an "fd" of -1 via the "goto cleanup" just before &fd is first set. While closing(-1) is not a big problem, it is a failing syscall, and would show up on an strace audit, not to mention the coverity and maybe-clang warnings. >From c69369c445be53f12ec09a176fd477b9ff16bbff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <meyering(a)redhat.com&gt; Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:11:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] storage_backend.c: avoid closing a negative file descriptor * src/storage/storage_backend.c (virStorageBackendRunProgRegex): Don't close a negative (read-only) file descriptor. --- src/storage/storage_backend.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c index bc656f2..84eb8aa 100644 --- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c +++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* * storage_backend.c: internal storage driver backend contract * - * Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Red Hat, Inc. + * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Red Hat, Inc. * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Daniel P. Berrange * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or @@ -1326,8 +1326,10 @@ virStorageBackendRunProgRegex(virConnectPtr conn, if (list) fclose(list); - else - close(fd); + else { + if (0 <= fd) + close(fd); + }