Re: [PATCH 1/2] readline_simple: return -1 if getc fails

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On 08/08/17 08:51, Lucas Stach wrote:
Am Montag, den 07.08.2017, 18:10 -0400 schrieb Gaël PORTAY:
The getc function may return an errno code if an error happens.

This patch prevents readline from printing a non printable character and
from looping to infinity and beyong.

Signed-off-by: Gaël PORTAY <gael.portay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  lib/readline_simple.c | 2 ++
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/readline_simple.c b/lib/readline_simple.c
index c4d3d240e..1283c9602 100644
--- a/lib/readline_simple.c
+++ b/lib/readline_simple.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ int readline (const char *prompt, char *line, int len)
for (;;) {
  		c = getchar();
+		if (c < 0)
+			return (-1);

I don't like made up error codes. Is there any reason why we couldn't
just pass through the negative error code from getchar?

And also change the type of the 'c' variable, as it is currently a plain 'char'?

Regards,
Lucas

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