Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: introduce ext2fs_close_free() helper

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 04:02:29PM +0100, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> Currently there are many uses of ext2fs_close() which might be wrong.
> First of all ext2fs_close() does not set the ext2_filsys pointer to NULL
> so the caller is responsible for clearing it, however there are some
> cases there we do not do it.
> 
> Second of all very small number of users of ext2fs_close() actually
> check the return value. If there is a problem in ext2fs_close() it will
> not even free the ext2_filsys structure, but majority of users expect it
> to do so.
> 
> To fix both problems this commit introduces a new helper
> ext2fs_close_free() which will not only check for the return value and
> free the ext2_filsys structure if the call to ext2fs_close2() failed,
> but it will also set the ext2_filsys pointer to NULL.
> 
> Replace every use of ext2fs_close() in e2fsprogs tools with
> ext2fs_close_free() - there is no real reason to keep using
> ext2fs_close().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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