[PATCH] Save final 'error' in __nptl_setxid_error()

Peter Zelezny peter.zelezny@dektech.com.au
Fri Oct 13 05:17:00 GMT 2017


On 20/09/17 10:46, Peter Zelezny wrote:

> On 19/09/17 19:43, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
>> On 09/19/2017 09:55 AM, Peter Zelezny wrote:
>>> -      if (olderror != -1)
>>> +      if (olderror != -1) {
>>> +    /* save error to memory so it's not lost in coredumps. */
>>> +    cmdp->error = error;
>>>       /* Mismatch between current and previous results.  */
>>>       abort ();
>>> +    }
>>
>> Would you please change the formatting so that the { } are on lines 
>> by themselves (see the surrounding code for examples)?
>>
>> I think it's better to store the error code in a new local volatile 
>> int variable, so that both old and new error code are accessible.  
>> The old error code seems quite valuable, too.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Florian
>
> I hope I got the indentation right now, copying nearby code (one tab 
> and two spaces).
>
> Yes, perhaps just saving this to a local stack int would be better, 
> like this?
>
> Cheers,
> -Peter.
>

Any other opinions or concerns on this patch?

Cheers,
-Peter.
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