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authorBen Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com>2009-11-23 04:42:14 +0000
committerBen Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com>2009-11-23 04:42:14 +0000
commitc90188f694a64cb2b97cb9db99fe0c11aaba43d6 (patch)
tree932888c7956c4764f3b59ea1ea5a026d8c60bdea /libiberty
parent * cgen-engine.h (EXTRACT_MSB0_LGSINT, EXTRACT_MSB0_LGUINT): Define. (diff)
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* pex-unix.c (pex_child_error): Improve warning avoidance by
checking the results of write(3) and exiting with -2 if any write returns a negative value.
Diffstat (limited to 'libiberty')
-rw-r--r--libiberty/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--libiberty/pex-unix.c6
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index 4d16be4132e..79e0462dd26 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2009-11-23 Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com>
+ Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
+
+ * pex-unix.c (pex_child_error): Improve warning avoidance by
+ checking the results of write(3) and exiting with -2 if any write
+ returns a negative value.
+
2009-11-22 Steve Ward <planet36@gmail.com>
* dyn-string.c (dyn_string_append_char): Fix typo in comment.
diff --git a/libiberty/pex-unix.c b/libiberty/pex-unix.c
index 3753812b314..4428f60863f 100644
--- a/libiberty/pex-unix.c
+++ b/libiberty/pex-unix.c
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ static void
pex_child_error (struct pex_obj *obj, const char *executable,
const char *errmsg, int err)
{
-#define writeerr(s) if (write (STDERR_FILE_NO, s, strlen (s))) {}
+ int retval = 0;
+#define writeerr(s) retval |= (write (STDERR_FILE_NO, s, strlen (s)) < 0)
writeerr (obj->pname);
writeerr (": error trying to exec '");
writeerr (executable);
@@ -378,7 +379,8 @@ pex_child_error (struct pex_obj *obj, const char *executable,
writeerr (xstrerror (err));
writeerr ("\n");
#undef writeerr
- _exit (-1);
+ /* Exit with -2 if the error output failed, too. */
+ _exit (retval == 0 ? -1 : -2);
}
/* Execute a child. */