Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> When we exit the loop because we set retval to a non-zero value, >> should we still drain the outbuf? > > I would think so. Anything that the remote sent before any error should > be printed nevertheless. The clue for the error might be in the pending > buffer. > > However in this case the actual error printout and the pending buffer > will appear reversed. > > So what I'd suggest is actually something like this: > > if (len < 1) { > strbuf_addf(&outbuf, "\n%s: protocol error: no band designator\n", me); > retval = SIDEBAND_PROTOCOL_ERROR; > break; > > And so on for the other error cases. Makes sense. Here is what I have as a "SQUASH" on top of Lukas's change to be queued on 'pu'. It appears that a few tests get their expectations broken, with or without this "SQUASH" change, though X-<. sideband.c | 30 +++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/sideband.c b/sideband.c index 226a8c2..082dfc6 100644 --- a/sideband.c +++ b/sideband.c @@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ int recv_sideband(const char *me, int in_stream, int out) else suffix = DUMB_SUFFIX; - while (retval == 0) { + while (!retval) { int band, len; len = packet_read(in_stream, NULL, NULL, buf, LARGE_PACKET_MAX, 0); if (len == 0) break; if (len < 1) { - fprintf(stderr, "%s: protocol error: no band designator\n", me); + strbuf_addf(&outbuf, + "\n%s: protocol error: no band designator\n", + me); retval = SIDEBAND_PROTOCOL_ERROR; break; } @@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ int recv_sideband(const char *me, int in_stream, int out) len--; switch (band) { case 3: - fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n", PREFIX, buf + 1); + strbuf_addf(&outbuf, "\n%s%s\n", PREFIX, buf + 1); retval = SIDEBAND_REMOTE_ERROR; break; case 2: @@ -58,13 +60,12 @@ int recv_sideband(const char *me, int in_stream, int out) * Append a suffix to each nonempty line to clear the * end of the screen line. * - * The output is accumulated in a buffer and each line - * is printed to stderr using fprintf() with a single - * conversion specifier. This is a "best effort" - * approach to supporting both inter-process atomicity - * (single conversion specifiers are likely to end up - * in single atomic write() system calls) and the ANSI - * control code emulation under Windows. + * The output is accumulated in a buffer and + * each line is printed to stderr using + * fwrite(3). This is a "best effort" + * approach to support inter-process atomicity + * (single fwrite(3) call is likely to end up + * in single atomic write() system calls). */ while ((brk = strpbrk(b, "\n\r"))) { int linelen = brk - b; @@ -75,8 +76,7 @@ int recv_sideband(const char *me, int in_stream, int out) } else { strbuf_addf(&outbuf, "%c", *brk); } - fprintf(stderr, "%.*s", (int)outbuf.len, - outbuf.buf); + fwrite(outbuf.buf, 1, outbuf.len, stderr); strbuf_reset(&outbuf); strbuf_addf(&outbuf, "%s", PREFIX); @@ -90,15 +90,15 @@ int recv_sideband(const char *me, int in_stream, int out) write_or_die(out, buf + 1, len); break; default: - fprintf(stderr, "%s: protocol error: bad band #%d\n", + strbuf_addf(&outbuf, "\n%s: protocol error: bad band #%d\n", me, band); retval = SIDEBAND_PROTOCOL_ERROR; break; } } - if (outbuf.len > 0) - fprintf(stderr, "%.*s", (int)outbuf.len, outbuf.buf); + if (outbuf.len) + fwrite(outbuf.buf, 1, outbuf.len, stderr); strbuf_release(&outbuf); return retval; } -- 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