On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 1:13 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> All these warning() calls are preceded by a system call. Report the >> actual error to help the user understand why we fail to remove >> something. >> >> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> v2 dances with errno > > Thanks. > >> >> builtin/clean.c | 19 ++++++++++++++----- >> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c >> index d6bc3aaae..3569736f6 100644 >> --- a/builtin/clean.c >> +++ b/builtin/clean.c >> @@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static int remove_dirs(struct strbuf *path, const char *prefix, int force_flag, >> struct strbuf quoted = STRBUF_INIT; >> struct dirent *e; >> int res = 0, ret = 0, gone = 1, original_len = path->len, len; >> + int saved_errno; >> struct string_list dels = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP; >> >> *dir_gone = 1; >> @@ -173,9 +174,11 @@ static int remove_dirs(struct strbuf *path, const char *prefix, int force_flag, >> if (!dir) { >> /* an empty dir could be removed even if it is unreadble */ >> res = dry_run ? 0 : rmdir(path->buf); >> + saved_errno = errno; >> if (res) { >> quote_path_relative(path->buf, prefix, "ed); > > I think this part should be more like > > res = ... : rmdir(...); > if (res) { > int saved_errno = errno; > ... do other things that can touch errno ... > errno = saved_errno; > ... now we know what the original error was ... > > The reason to store the errno in saved_errno here is not because we > want to help code after "if (res) {...}", but the patch sent as-is > gives that impression and is confusing to the readers. > > Perhaps all hunks of this patch share the same issue? I could > locally amend, of course, but I'd like to double check before doing > so myself---perhaps you did it this way for a good reason that I am > missing? One thing I like about putting saved_errno right next to the related syscall is, the syscall is visible from the diff (previously some are out of context). This is really minor though. I briefly thought of introducing rmdir_errno() and friends that return -errno on error, so we could do res = ... : rmdir_errno(..); if (res) { errno = -res; warning_errno(...); } But that's more work and the errno = -res is not particularly pleasing to read. I'm fine with moving saved_errno in the error handling blocks. -- Duy