Re: [PATCH 08/11] rpc.gssd: Clean up gssd_setup_krb5_user_gss_ccache()

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On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:47:14 -0500
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Remove a contradictory portion of the block comment documenting
> gssd_find_existing_krb5_ccache().  This should have been removed by
> commit 289ad31e, which reversed the meaning of the function's return
> values.
> 
> Note that, in user space, typically errno's are positive.  But here
> we follow the kernel convention of using negative values to return
> error codes.  Make the documenting comments explicit about the sign
> of an error return -- it will never be positive in the case of an
> error.
> 
> And a nit: At the last return statement in
> gssd_setup_krb5_user_gss_ccache(), "err" always contains zero, as
> far as I can tell.  Make it explicit (to human readers) that when
> execution reaches this point, gssd_setup_krb5_user_gss_ccache() is
> going to return "success."
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  utils/gssd/krb5_util.c |   13 +++++--------
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/utils/gssd/krb5_util.c b/utils/gssd/krb5_util.c
> index aeb8f70..6c37094 100644
> --- a/utils/gssd/krb5_util.c
> +++ b/utils/gssd/krb5_util.c
> @@ -169,13 +169,10 @@ select_krb5_ccache(const struct dirent *d)
>  
>  /*
>   * Look in directory "dirname" for files that look like they
> - * are Kerberos Credential Cache files for a given UID.  Return
> - * non-zero and the dirent pointer for the entry most likely to be
> - * what we want. Otherwise, return zero and no dirent pointer.
> - * The caller is responsible for freeing the dirent if one is returned.
> + * are Kerberos Credential Cache files for a given UID.

Why trim out the info about "d" being set to a valid dirent here?
Rather than doing that, I'd prefer adding some verbiage about cctype
also being set on a valid return.

>   *
> - * Returns 0 if a valid-looking entry was found and a non-zero error
> - * code otherwise.
> + * Returns 0 if a valid-looking entry was found, or a negative
> + * errno code otherwise.
>   */
>  static int
>  gssd_find_existing_krb5_ccache(uid_t uid, char *dirname,
> @@ -1037,7 +1034,7 @@ err_cache:
>   * given only a UID.  We really need more information, but we
>   * do the best we can.
>   *
> - * Returns 0 if a ccache was found, and a non-zero error code otherwise.
> + * Returns 0 if a ccache was found, or a negative errno otherwise.
>   */
>  int
>  gssd_setup_krb5_user_gss_ccache(uid_t uid, char *servername, char *dirpattern)
> @@ -1082,7 +1079,7 @@ gssd_setup_krb5_user_gss_ccache(uid_t uid, char *servername, char *dirpattern)
>  	printerr(2, "using %s as credentials cache for client with "
>  		    "uid %u for server %s\n", buf, uid, servername);
>  	gssd_set_krb5_ccache_name(buf);
> -	return err;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> 

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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