Since "fd" may be open on a writable file handle, it's important to test for close failure. Otherwise, the code could fail to detect a write error. 2007-03-11 Jim Meyering <meyering@xxxxxxxxxx> * dmsetup/dmsetup.c (_loop_table): Detect close failure. Index: dmsetup/dmsetup.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/dm/device-mapper/dmsetup/dmsetup.c,v retrieving revision 1.87 diff -u -p -r1.87 dmsetup.c --- dmsetup/dmsetup.c 14 Feb 2007 15:12:16 -0000 1.87 +++ dmsetup/dmsetup.c 12 Mar 2007 14:16:47 -0000 @@ -1920,7 +1920,10 @@ static int _loop_table(char *table, size blksize = fsbuf.f_frsize; #endif - close(fd); + if (close(fd)) { + fd = -1; + goto error; + } if (dm_snprintf(table, tlen, "%llu %llu loop %s %llu\n", 0ULL, (long long unsigned)sectors, file, off) < 0) -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel