Hi,
If execvp(2) returns, it is always an error: there is no need to check
if the return value is -1. Just unconditionally call err(3).
Comments or OK ?
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Sebastien Marie
timeout: execvp(2) should not return except on error
diff 7821223d9093e8d64d2bab7db6b91e28360fdab3
e4e5edd4879c3b7829d67cfb2b2fa1f7064c7b60
blob - 768df18bc0d2acc1b2ef46ea2693e4ef3c1d9d3a
blob + e45382c8f28e58754a579a6491580ebaab1d9a26
--- usr.bin/timeout/timeout.c
+++ usr.bin/timeout/timeout.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
int ch;
unsigned long i;
int foreground = 0, preserve = 0;
- int error, pstat, status;
+ int pstat, status;
int killsig = SIGTERM;
pid_t pgid = 0, pid, cpid = 0;
double first_kill;
@@ -251,9 +251,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
signal(SIGTTIN, SIG_DFL);
signal(SIGTTOU, SIG_DFL);
- error = execvp(argv[0], argv);
- if (error == -1)
- err(1, "execvp");
+ execvp(argv[0], argv);
+ err(1, "execvp");
}
if (pledge("stdio", NULL) == -1)