Re: [PATCH 1/2] sequencer: factor out rewrite_file()

["René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>]

Am 01.11.2017 um 12:10 schrieb Simon Ruderich:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:54:21AM +0100, René Scharfe wrote:
>> +static int rewrite_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t len)
>> +{
>> +	int rc = 0;
>> +	int fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
>> +	if (fd < 0)
>> +		return error_errno(_("could not open '%s' for writing"), path);
>> +	if (write_in_full(fd, buf, len) < 0)
>> +		rc = error_errno(_("could not write to '%s'"), path);
>> +	if (!rc && ftruncate(fd, len) < 0)
>> +		rc = error_errno(_("could not truncate '%s'"), path);
>> +	close(fd);
> 
> We might want to check the return value of close() as some file
> systems report write errors only on close. But I'm not sure how
> the rest of Git's code-base handles this.

Most calls are not checked, but that doesn't necessarily mean they need
to (or should) stay that way.  The Linux man-page of close(2) spends
multiple paragraphs recommending to check its return value..  Care to
send a follow-up patch?

René