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[v3,5/6] xl: make return type of create_domain() more consistent.

Message ID 20160408022407.9058.8250.stgit@Solace.fritz.box (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Dario Faggioli April 8, 2016, 2:24 a.m. UTC
create_domain() is of uint32_t return type, because on
success it returns the domid of the new domain, and
uint32_t is what we typically use for domid-s.

However, on failure, it returns ERROR_FAIL or ERROR_INVAL,
which are -3 and -6. Callers assign the return value to an
'int rc' variable and then check for '(rc < 0)'.

Although things work, and no tool (compiler, Coverity, ecc.)
is complaining, using 'int' as return type seems better.

Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@citrix.com>
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Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
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 tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Wei Liu April 8, 2016, 12:40 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 04:24:07AM +0200, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> create_domain() is of uint32_t return type, because on
> success it returns the domid of the new domain, and
> uint32_t is what we typically use for domid-s.
> 
> However, on failure, it returns ERROR_FAIL or ERROR_INVAL,
> which are -3 and -6. Callers assign the return value to an
> 'int rc' variable and then check for '(rc < 0)'.
> 
> Although things work, and no tool (compiler, Coverity, ecc.)
> is complaining, using 'int' as return type seems better.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@citrix.com>

Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>

> ---
> Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
> Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
> ---
>  tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> index 823cb46..d2ad8c8 100644
> --- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> +++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> @@ -2777,7 +2777,7 @@ static void evdisable_disk_ejects(libxl_evgen_disk_eject **diskws,
>      }
>  }
>  
> -static uint32_t create_domain(struct domain_create *dom_info)
> +static int create_domain(struct domain_create *dom_info)
>  {
>      uint32_t domid = INVALID_DOMID;
>  
>
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diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
index 823cb46..d2ad8c8 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
@@ -2777,7 +2777,7 @@  static void evdisable_disk_ejects(libxl_evgen_disk_eject **diskws,
     }
 }
 
-static uint32_t create_domain(struct domain_create *dom_info)
+static int create_domain(struct domain_create *dom_info)
 {
     uint32_t domid = INVALID_DOMID;