[Xen-changelog] [xen staging] libxl: get_reaper_lock_and_uid: Document fd handling

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commit 93a62c544e20ba9e141e411bbaae3d65259d13a3
Author:     Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 2 11:59:46 2019 +0000
Commit:     Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Jan 11 17:34:26 2019 +0000

    libxl: get_reaper_lock_and_uid: Document fd handling
    
    Coverity understandably complains that get_reaper_lock_and_uid leaks
    the fd and hence open-file.  But this is intentional: the lock becomes
    owned by the child process as a whole, which is entirely the property
    of libxl.
    
    (The coding style here in this subprocess is a bit anomalous but it's
    probably not worth it to convert get_reaper_lock_and_uid to `goto out'
    style and have it explicitly return the fd number.)
    
    Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
index 20d811be03..b245956b77 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
@@ -3024,7 +3024,7 @@ static int 
get_reaper_lock_and_uid(libxl__destroy_devicemodel_state *ddms,
     int domid = ddms->domid;
     int r;
     const char * lockfile;
-    int fd;
+    int fd; /* "leaked" into the general process context (even on failure) */
 
     /* Try to lock the "reaper uid" */
     lockfile = GCSPRINTF("%s/dm-reaper-lock", libxl__run_dir_path());
--
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