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-rw-r--r--git-compat-util.h1
-rw-r--r--wrapper.c35
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index c6d391f864..e168dfd68b 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ extern void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
extern void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
extern void *xmmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset);
extern void *xmmap_gently(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset);
+extern int xopen(const char *path, int flags, ...);
extern ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len);
extern ssize_t xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len);
extern ssize_t xpread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset);
diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index ff49807948..0a4502d232 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -189,6 +189,41 @@ void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
# endif
#endif
+/**
+ * xopen() is the same as open(), but it die()s if the open() fails.
+ */
+int xopen(const char *path, int oflag, ...)
+{
+ mode_t mode = 0;
+ va_list ap;
+
+ /*
+ * va_arg() will have undefined behavior if the specified type is not
+ * compatible with the argument type. Since integers are promoted to
+ * ints, we fetch the next argument as an int, and then cast it to a
+ * mode_t to avoid undefined behavior.
+ */
+ va_start(ap, oflag);
+ if (oflag & O_CREAT)
+ mode = va_arg(ap, int);
+ va_end(ap);
+
+ for (;;) {
+ int fd = open(path, oflag, mode);
+ if (fd >= 0)
+ return fd;
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+
+ if ((oflag & O_RDWR) == O_RDWR)
+ die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for reading and writing"), path);
+ else if ((oflag & O_WRONLY) == O_WRONLY)
+ die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for writing"), path);
+ else
+ die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for reading"), path);
+ }
+}
+
/*
* xread() is the same a read(), but it automatically restarts read()
* operations with a recoverable error (EAGAIN and EINTR). xread()