linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/26] rv/rvgen: remove bare except clauses in generator

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Message-ID: <87jyx9so6f.fsf@yellow.woof>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:43:36 +0100
From: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
To: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>, Steven Rostedt
 <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>, Wander
 Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>, open list
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "open list:RUNTIME VERIFICATION (RV)"
 <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/26] rv/rvgen: remove bare except clauses in generator

Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com> writes:
> Remove bare except clauses from the generator module that were
> catching all exceptions including KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit.
> This follows the same exception handling improvements made in the
> previous AutomataError commit and addresses PEP 8 violations.
>
> The bare except clause in __create_directory was silently catching
> and ignoring all errors after printing a message, which could mask
> serious issues. For __write_file, the bare except created a critical
> bug where the file variable could remain undefined if open() failed,
> causing a NameError when attempting to write to or close the file.
>
> These methods now let OSError propagate naturally, allowing callers
> to handle file system errors appropriately. This provides clearer
> error reporting and allows Python's exception handling to show
> complete stack traces with proper error types and locations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>