netdev - Re: [PATCH] iproute2: Check getline() return code correctly

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:37:33 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Petr Sabata <contyk@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iproute2: Check getline() return code correctly

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:49:27 +0200
Petr Sabata <contyk@...hat.com> wrote:

> The current implementation is always false, no matter what happens.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Sabata <contyk@...hat.com>
> ---
>  lib/utils.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
> index 1b42222..76cadea 100644
> --- a/lib/utils.c
> +++ b/lib/utils.c
> @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ ssize_t getcmdline(char **linep, size_t *lenp, FILE *in)
>  		size_t len1 = 0;
>  		size_t cc1;
>  
> -		if ((cc1 = getline(&line1, &len1, in)) < 0) {
> +		if ((cc1 = getline(&line1, &len1, in)) == (size_t)-1) {
>  			fprintf(stderr, "Missing continuation line\n");
>  			return cc1;
>  		}

The correct fix is to make cc1 a signed variable.
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