Brandon Casey <drafnel@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Perhaps something like: > > diff --git a/usage.c b/usage.c > index a2a6678..2d0ff35 100644 > --- a/usage.c > +++ b/usage.c > @@ -80,8 +80,15 @@ void NORETURN usage(const char *err) > > void NORETURN die(const char *err, ...) > { > + static int dying; > va_list params; > > + if (dying) { > + fputs("fatal: recursion detected in die handler\n", stderr); > + exit(128); > + } > + dying = 1; > + > va_start(params, err); > die_routine(err, params); > va_end(params); > @@ -89,11 +96,18 @@ void NORETURN die(const char *err, ...) > > void NORETURN die_errno(const char *fmt, ...) > { > + static int dying; > va_list params; > char fmt_with_err[1024]; > char str_error[256], *err; > int i, j; > > + if (dying) { > + fputs("fatal: recursion detected in die handler\n", stderr); > + exit(128); > + } > + dying = 1; > + > err = strerror(errno); > for (i = j = 0; err[i] && j < sizeof(str_error) - 1; ) { > if ((str_error[j++] = err[i++]) != '%') With two function-scope static, you can go like this: die() -> die_routine() -> xsomething() -> die_errno() -> die_routine() -> xsomethingelse() -> die() or die_errno() Not that we probably care too deeply about, as at least we won't infinitely recurse and die out of stack space. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html