git: f8c12e6e3874 - main - diff: Report I/O errors in Stone algorithm

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:40:49 UTC
The branch main has been updated by des:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=f8c12e6e3874cdd353fb16785da6f4e7eb134cd9

commit f8c12e6e3874cdd353fb16785da6f4e7eb134cd9
Author:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-05 17:41:56 +0000
Commit:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-05 19:40:35 +0000

    diff: Report I/O errors in Stone algorithm
    
    In the legacy Stone algorithm, we do a first pass over the files to
    check if they're identical before we start diffing them.  That code
    would correctly set the exit status if an I/O error was encountered,
    but would not emit an error message.  Do so.
    
    PR:             292198
    MFC after:      1 week
    Sponsored by:   Klara, Inc.
    Reviewed by:    thj
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55125
---
 usr.bin/diff/diffreg.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr.bin/diff/diffreg.c b/usr.bin/diff/diffreg.c
index 95c724817ede..8dcf55a7190b 100644
--- a/usr.bin/diff/diffreg.c
+++ b/usr.bin/diff/diffreg.c
@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ diffreg_stone(char *file1, char *file2, int flags, int capsicum)
 		break;
 	default:
 		/* error */
+		if (ferror(f1))
+			warn("%s", file1);
+		if (ferror(f2))
+			warn("%s", file2);
 		rval = D_ERROR;
 		status |= 2;
 		goto closem;
@@ -499,9 +503,9 @@ files_differ(FILE *f1, FILE *f2, int flags)
 		return (0);
 
 	for (;;) {
-		i = fread(buf1, 1, sizeof(buf1), f1);
-		j = fread(buf2, 1, sizeof(buf2), f2);
-		if ((!i && ferror(f1)) || (!j && ferror(f2)))
+		if ((i = fread(buf1, 1, sizeof(buf1), f1)) == 0 && ferror(f1))
+			return (-1);
+		if ((j = fread(buf2, 1, sizeof(buf2), f2)) == 0 && ferror(f2))
 			return (-1);
 		if (i != j)
 			return (1);