Re: [master] Introduces CHECK_ASPRINTF macro that checks asprintfs return value and terminates program in OOM scenarios.

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On 11/16/2009 03:30 PM, Peter Jones wrote:
> On 11/13/2009 11:22 AM, Ales Kozumplik wrote:
>> This is to avoid having to copy-paste the asprintf-log-abort if branch all the time.
>> ---
>>  loader/loader.h     |    6 +++
>>  loader/nfsinstall.c |  125 +++++++++++++--------------------------------------
>>  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/loader/loader.h b/loader/loader.h
>> index f942b7e..039c72a 100644
>> --- a/loader/loader.h
>> +++ b/loader/loader.h
>> @@ -185,4 +185,10 @@ struct loaderData_s {
>>  #define LIBPATH "/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/kerberos/lib:/mnt/usr/lib:/mnt/sysimage/lib:/mnt/sysimage/usr/lib"
>>  #endif
>>  
>> +#define CHECKED_ASPRINTF(...)                                       \
>> +    if (asprintf( __VA_ARGS__ ) == -1) {                             \
>> +        logMessage(CRITICAL, "%s: %d: %m", __func__, __LINE__);     \
>> +        abort();                                                    \
>> +    }
>> +
>>  #endif
> 
> So, the big problem with doing this is that it will call the error message

This should read "cause the error message".  Sorry.

> to be incorrect.  If you're going to do this, you actually need to do:
> 
> #define checked_asprintf(...) ({                                        \
>     char *_f = __func__; int _l = __LINE__;                             \
>     if (asprintf( __VA_ARGS__ ) == -1) {                                \
>         logMessage(CRITICAL, "%s: %d: %m", _f, _d);                     \
>         abort();                                                        \
>     }                                                                   \
>   })
> 
> Or else the line number in the log file will be a line _after_ the
> checked_asprintf() call.
> 
> This is why I don't like tricky macros.
> 


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        Peter

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