Re: [PATCH 5/5] xfs_io: set exitcode on failure appropriately

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On 3/23/20 7:19 PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Many operations don't set the exitcode when they fail, resulting
> in xfs_io exiting with a zero (no failure) exit code despite the
> command failing and returning an error. The command return code is
> really a boolean to tell the libxcmd command loop whether to
> continue processing or not, while exitcode is the actual xfs_io exit
> code returned to the parent on exit.
> 
> This patchset just makes the code do the right thing. It's not the
> nicest code, but it's a start at producing correct behaviour.
> 
> Signed-Off-By: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>

I wonder if there somewhere we could formally document these conventions...

Like maybe at least near the "exitcode" global declaration?

-Eric



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