Re: [PATCH] git_open_noatime: return with errno=0 on success

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Clemens Buchacher <clemens.buchacher@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
> index 77cd81d..62b7ad6 100644
> --- a/sha1_file.c
> +++ b/sha1_file.c
> @@ -1453,6 +1453,7 @@ int git_open_noatime(const char *name)
>  	static int sha1_file_open_flag = O_NOATIME;
>  
>  	for (;;) {
> +		errno = 0;
>  		int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY | sha1_file_open_flag);

Please avoid decl-after-stmt, which this codebase does not accept.

>  		if (fd >= 0)
>  			return fd;

More importantly, is this the right place to clear errno?

I would agree it is a good idea to clear it after seeing the first
open fail due to lack of O_NOATIME before trying open for the second
time, iow, more like this?


 sha1_file.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 1cee438..bf2f229 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -1467,6 +1467,7 @@ int git_open_noatime(const char *name)
 
 		/* Might the failure be due to O_NOATIME? */
 		if (errno != ENOENT && sha1_file_open_flag) {
+			errno = 0;
 			sha1_file_open_flag = 0;
 			continue;
 		}


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