Of all the pr_* functions, pr_err() is the only function that returns a value, which is -1. The code in parse_options is the only code that relies on pr_err() returning a value, and that value must be exactly -1, because it is being treated differently than the other return values. This makes the code opaque, because it's not immediately obvious where that value comes from, and fragile, as a change in the return value of pr_err would break it. Make pr_err() more like the other functions and don't return a value. Reviewed-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@xxxxxxx> --- Changelog: - Added Reviewed-by from Jean-Philippe, thanks! - Remove unneeded " " in get_arg() include/kvm/util.h | 2 +- util/parse-options.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------ util/util.c | 3 +-- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/kvm/util.h b/include/kvm/util.h index b49454876a83..f51f370d2b37 100644 --- a/include/kvm/util.h +++ b/include/kvm/util.h @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern bool do_debug_print; extern void die(const char *err, ...) NORETURN __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); extern void die_perror(const char *s) NORETURN; -extern int pr_err(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); +extern void pr_err(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); extern void pr_warning(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); extern void pr_info(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); extern void set_die_routine(void (*routine)(const char *err, va_list params) NORETURN); diff --git a/util/parse-options.c b/util/parse-options.c index 9a1bbee6c271..d353256e2651 100644 --- a/util/parse-options.c +++ b/util/parse-options.c @@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ static int opterror(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags) { if (flags & OPT_SHORT) - return pr_err("switch `%c' %s", opt->short_name, reason); - if (flags & OPT_UNSET) - return pr_err("option `no-%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason); - return pr_err("option `%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason); + pr_err("switch `%c' %s", opt->short_name, reason); + else if (flags & OPT_UNSET) + pr_err("option `no-%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason); + else + pr_err("option `%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason); + + return -1; } static int get_arg(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p, const struct option *opt, @@ -429,14 +432,15 @@ is_abbreviated: return get_value(p, options, flags); } - if (ambiguous_option) - return pr_err("Ambiguous option: %s " - "(could be --%s%s or --%s%s)", - arg, - (ambiguous_flags & OPT_UNSET) ? "no-" : "", - ambiguous_option->long_name, - (abbrev_flags & OPT_UNSET) ? "no-" : "", - abbrev_option->long_name); + if (ambiguous_option) { + pr_err("Ambiguous option: %s (could be --%s%s or --%s%s)", + arg, + (ambiguous_flags & OPT_UNSET) ? "no-" : "", + ambiguous_option->long_name, + (abbrev_flags & OPT_UNSET) ? "no-" : "", + abbrev_option->long_name); + return -1; + } if (abbrev_option) return get_value(p, abbrev_option, abbrev_flags); return -2; diff --git a/util/util.c b/util/util.c index 1877105e3c08..f59f26e1581c 100644 --- a/util/util.c +++ b/util/util.c @@ -47,14 +47,13 @@ void die(const char *err, ...) va_end(params); } -int pr_err(const char *err, ...) +void pr_err(const char *err, ...) { va_list params; va_start(params, err); error_builtin(err, params); va_end(params); - return -1; } void pr_warning(const char *warn, ...) -- 2.41.0