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Re: [PATCH] util: Detect more I/O errors
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Colin Watson |
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Re: [PATCH] util: Detect more I/O errors |
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Thu, 28 Feb 2019 09:33:49 +0000 |
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NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) |
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 09:10:08AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> Many of GRUB's utilities don't check anywhere near all the possible
> write errors. For example, if grub-install runs out of space when
> copying a file, it won't notice. There were missing checks for the
> return values of write, fflush, fsync, and close (or the equivalents on
> other OSes), all of which must be checked.
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> I tried to be consistent with the existing logging practices of the
> various hostdisk implementations, but they weren't entirely consistent
> to start with so I used my judgement. The result at least looks
> reasonable on GNU/Linux when I provoke a write error:
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> Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
> grub-install: error: cannot copy
> `/usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/grubx64.efi.signed' to
> `/boot/efi/EFI/debian/grubx64.efi': No space left on device.
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> There are more missing checks in other utilities, but this should fix
> the most critical ones.
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> Fixes Debian bug #922741.
Oh, I forgot to include it in the commit message, but this is:
Signed-off-by: Colin Watson <address@hidden>
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