linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.38-rc6] build:mkpiggy fixlet...

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Date:	Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:25:54 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.38-rc6] build:mkpiggy fixlet...

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 09:33:59AM +0800, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
>Ensure build doesn't silently continue despite read failure,
>addressing a warning due to the unchecked call.
>
>Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com>
>
>diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
>b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
>index 646aa78..845a1f8 100644
>--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
>+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
>@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> 	if (fseek(f, -4L, SEEK_END)) {
> 		perror(argv[1]);
> 	}
>-	fread(&olen, sizeof olen, 1, f);
>+
>+	if (fread(&olen, sizeof(olen), 1, f) != 1) {
>+		perror(argv[1]);
>+		return 1;


You need to close the file here...


>+	}
>+		
> 	ilen = ftell(f);
> 	olen = getle32(&olen);
> 	fclose(f);

Thanks.
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