From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>
Cc: passt-dev@passt.top, sbrivio@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 2/5] util: Introduce read_file() and read_file_integer() function
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 14:07:12 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aS5X4KRmGn2qlo1y@zatzit> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251202030007.23581-3-yuhuang@redhat.com>
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On Tue, Dec 02, 2025 at 11:00:04AM +0800, Yumei Huang wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
> ---
> util.c | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> util.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 92 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
> index ab23463..4fdb611 100644
> --- a/util.c
> +++ b/util.c
> @@ -589,6 +589,97 @@ int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf)
> return len == 0 ? 0 : -1;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * read_file() - Read contents of file into a NULL-terminated buffer
> + * @path: Path to file to read
> + * @buf: Buffer to store file contents
> + * @buf_size: Size of buffer
> + *
> + * Return: number of bytes read on success, negative error code on failure
> + */
> +static ssize_t read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
> +{
> + size_t total_read = 0;
> + int fd;
> +
> + if (!buf_size)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + fd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
> +
> + if (fd < 0)
> + return -errno;
> +
> + while (total_read < buf_size) {
> + ssize_t rc = read(fd, buf + total_read, buf_size - total_read);
> +
> + if (rc < 0) {
> + int errno_save = errno;
> + close(fd);
> + return -errno_save;
> + }
> +
> + if (rc == 0)
> + break;
> +
> + total_read += rc;
> + }
> +
> + close(fd);
> +
> + if (total_read == buf_size) {
> + buf[buf_size - 1] = '\0';
> + return -ENOBUFS;
> + }
> +
> + buf[total_read] = '\0';
> +
> + return total_read;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * read_file_integer() - Read an integer value from a file
> + * @path: Path to file to read
> + * @fallback: Default value if file can't be read
> + *
> + * Return: integer value, @fallback on failure
> + */
> +intmax_t read_file_integer(const char *path, intmax_t fallback)
> +{
> + ssize_t bytes_read;
> + char buf[BUFSIZ];
> + intmax_t value;
> + char *end;
> +
> + bytes_read = read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf));
> +
> + if (bytes_read < 0)
> + goto error;
> +
> + if (bytes_read == 0) {
> + debug("Empty file %s", path);
> + goto error;
> + }
> +
> + errno = 0;
> + value = strtoimax(buf, &end, 10);
> + if (*end && *end != '\n') {
> + debug("Non-numeric content in %s", path);
> + goto error;
> + }
> + if (errno) {
> + debug("Out of range value in %s: %s", path, buf);
> + goto error;
> + }
> +
> + return value;
> +
> +error:
> + debug("Couldn't read %s, using %"PRIdMAX" as default value",
> + path, fallback);
> + return fallback;
> +}
> +
> #ifdef __ia64__
> /* Needed by do_clone() below: glibc doesn't export the prototype of __clone2(),
> * use the description from clone(2).
> diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
> index a0b2ada..6dec14b 100644
> --- a/util.h
> +++ b/util.h
> @@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ void pidfile_write(int fd, pid_t pid);
> int __daemon(int pidfile_fd, int devnull_fd);
> int fls(unsigned long x);
> int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf);
> +intmax_t read_file_integer(const char *path, intmax_t fallback);
> int write_all_buf(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len);
> int write_remainder(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, size_t iovcnt, size_t skip);
> int read_all_buf(int fd, void *buf, size_t len);
> --
> 2.51.1
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-02 3:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-02 3:00 [PATCH v10 0/5] Retry SYNs for inbound connections Yumei Huang
2025-12-02 3:00 ` [PATCH v10 1/5] tcp: Rename "retrans" to "retries" Yumei Huang
2025-12-02 3:00 ` [PATCH v10 2/5] util: Introduce read_file() and read_file_integer() function Yumei Huang
2025-12-02 3:07 ` David Gibson [this message]
2025-12-02 3:00 ` [PATCH v10 3/5] tcp: Resend SYN for inbound connections Yumei Huang
2025-12-02 3:19 ` David Gibson
2025-12-02 3:00 ` [PATCH v10 4/5] tcp: Update data retransmission timeout Yumei Huang
2025-12-02 3:00 ` [PATCH v10 5/5] tcp: Clamp the retry timeout Yumei Huang
2025-12-02 3:20 ` David Gibson
2025-12-03 6:33 ` [PATCH v10 0/5] Retry SYNs for inbound connections Stefano Brivio
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