On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 11:14:39AM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: > 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); > + } Can you put conditionals the normal way around with variable being tested coming first.