[PATCH 2/4] alfred: avoid endless-loop when reading data from stdin fails
Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:40:14 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.open-mesh.lists.batman |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
alfred_client_set_data() read the dataset from stdin in a loop guarded only
by feof(). fread() returns 0 not only at end of file but also on a read
error. A persistent read error therefore made 'alfred -s' spin forever
without making progress.
Stop reading as soon as fread() cannot deliver any data, which covers both
end of file and read errors.
Fixes: 23359bbf72aa ("alfred: initial commit")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>
---
client.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 9fa9f00..1967f69 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ int alfred_client_set_data(struct globals *globals)
len = sizeof(*push) + sizeof(*data);
while (!feof(stdin)) {
ret = fread(&buf[len], 1, sizeof(buf) - len, stdin);
+ if (ret == 0) {
+ if (ferror(stdin)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to read data from stdin\n",
+ __func__);
+ unix_sock_close(globals);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ break;
+ }
+
len += ret;
if (sizeof(buf) == len)
--
2.47.3