linux-kernel - Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main()

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <f6b51b63-909a-24ab-f891-7416860bf552@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2016 19:46:39 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main()

> I like the code as is.

Do you really prefer to ignore important return values in the discussed function?


> Such error checks and magic numbers are messy.

Is it safer to detect exceptional situations as early as possible here?

Regards,
Markus