Re: [PATCH 01/10] scripts/basic/bin2c: Complete error handling in main()

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Wed Nov 02 2016 - 11:42:05 EST


2016-10-28 17:31 GMT+09:00 SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:15:04 +0200
>
> Return values were not checked from five calls of the function "printf".
>
> This issue was detected also by using the Coccinelle software.
>
>
> * Add a bit of exception handling there.
>
> * Optimise this function implementation a bit.
>
> - Replace two output calls with the functions "fputs" and "puts".
>
> - Use the preincrement operator for the variable "total".
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/basic/bin2c.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/basic/bin2c.c b/scripts/basic/bin2c.c
> index c3d7eef..c6c8860 100644
> --- a/scripts/basic/bin2c.c
> +++ b/scripts/basic/bin2c.c
> @@ -8,29 +8,35 @@
> */
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> +#include <errno.h>
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> int ch, total = 0;
>
> if (argc > 1)
> - printf("const char %s[] %s=\n",
> - argv[1], argc > 2 ? argv[2] : "");
> + if (printf("const char %s[] %s=\n",
> + argv[1], argc > 2 ? argv[2] : "") < 16)
> + return errno;
>
> do {
> - printf("\t\"");
> + if (fputs("\t\"", stdout) < 0)
> + return errno;
> +
> while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) {
> - total++;
> - printf("\\x%02x", ch);
> - if (total % 16 == 0)
> + if (printf("\\x%02x", ch) < 4)
> + return errno;
> + if (++total % 16 == 0)
> break;
> }
> - printf("\"\n");
> +
> + if (puts("\"") < 0)
> + return errno;


Is replacing printf("\"\n") with puts("\"") optimization?


Frankly, the result of this patch
seems extremely unreadable code.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada