Am 01.11.2017 um 12:10 schrieb Simon Ruderich: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:54:21AM +0100, René Scharfe wrote: >> +static int rewrite_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t len) >> +{ >> + int rc = 0; >> + int fd = open(path, O_WRONLY); >> + if (fd < 0) >> + return error_errno(_("could not open '%s' for writing"), path); >> + if (write_in_full(fd, buf, len) < 0) >> + rc = error_errno(_("could not write to '%s'"), path); >> + if (!rc && ftruncate(fd, len) < 0) >> + rc = error_errno(_("could not truncate '%s'"), path); >> + close(fd); > > We might want to check the return value of close() as some file > systems report write errors only on close. But I'm not sure how > the rest of Git's code-base handles this. Most calls are not checked, but that doesn't necessarily mean they need to (or should) stay that way. The Linux man-page of close(2) spends multiple paragraphs recommending to check its return value.. Care to send a follow-up patch? René