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