linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] objtool: Print top level commands on incorrect usage

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 for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

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

Message-Id: <63bd68eb-38d9-16b8-099f-bbc53aec40cb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Sat, 14 Oct 2017 20:08:21 +0530
From:   Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] objtool: Print top level commands on incorrect usage

On Friday 13 October 2017 10:08 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
[...]
>> Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>  tools/objtool/objtool.c | 6 ++----
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/objtool/objtool.c b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
>> index 31e0f91..07f3299 100644
>> --- a/tools/objtool/objtool.c
>> +++ b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
>> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void cmd_usage(void)
>>
>>  	printf("\n");
>>
>> -	exit(1);
>> +	exit(129);
>
> For consistency with the rest of the code, this should be -1 instead of
> 129 (though the end result is the same).
>

Thanks for the review. exit(129) is returned by command line parser
when the usage is incorrect, except for cmd_usage(), where the exit
code 1. I will re-send the patch with the better commit message.


-- 
cheers,
Kamalesh.