linux-kernel - Re: scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in print

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Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2016 18:38:33 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Jim Davis <jim.epost@...il.com>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: scripts/basic/fixdep: Complete error handling in print_cmdline()

>>> +       if (printf("cmd_%s := %s\n\n", target, cmdline) < 10) {
>>
>> Rather than scatter fragile magic numbers, like 10, throughout the
>> code, if you're hell-bent on checking for printf errors you could
>> write a little wrapper function that hid the magic number and bundled
>> up the errno stuff.
> 
> 
> BTW, how the magic number "10" was calculated?

Does the passed format string indicate how many characters should be
printed at least?

Regards,
Markus