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

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Message-ID: <b9ecd83c-81ad-d1ce-c619-1940c06d42eb@suse.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2016 16:42:22 +0100
From:   Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main()

Dne 2.11.2016 v 19:46 SF Markus Elfring napsal(a):
>> I like the code as is.
> 
> Do you really prefer to ignore important return values in the discussed function?

You could define an xprintf() macro that checks if the return value is <
0 and simply calls perror() and exit(1) in such case.

Michal