[libvirt] [PATCH 0/4] Make it easier to clean up after using virBuffer

There are many places in the code where virBufferCheckError() is used and then, right after that, virBufferContentAndReset() is called. The former has ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK, so every occurrence just checks that. However, if the return value of the latter is also the return value of the current function, there is no need to duplicate the work and act upon the error twice. This series proposes the idea of virCheckError being used for only reporting the error [1/4] and shows an example commit on how to clean up existing functions [2/4] so that it can be posted to our wiki under https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/BiteSizedTasks and linked from there. Further enhancements could go a step further and create one function (actually a macro the same way CheckError is done) and wrap those two lines in one so that it is even shorter. This, however, is not meant to be part of this series. Patches [3/4] and [4/4] utilize this for miscellaneous clean-ups in src/conf/. Martin Kletzander (4): util: Umark virBufferCheckErrorInternal as ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK util: Use virBufferCheckError to its full potential. conf: Clean up and report error in virDomainCapsFormat conf: Clean up and report error in virDomainGenerateMachineName src/conf/domain_capabilities.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++------------------------- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 16 +++++----- src/util/virbitmap.c | 6 +--- src/util/virbuffer.h | 2 +- 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) -- 2.14.1