[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 1/5] xl: convert main() exit codes to EXIT_[SUCCESS|FAILURE]

[Harmandeep Kaur <write.harmandeep@xxxxxxxxx>]

Turning main() function exit codes towards using the EXIT_[SUCCESS|FAILURE]
constants, instead of instead of arbitrary numbers or libxl return codes.

Also includes a document comment in xl.h stating xl process should always
return EXIT_FOO and main_* can be treated as main() as if they are returning
a process exit status and not a function return value)

Signed-off-by: Harmandeep Kaur <write.harmandeep@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3->v4: Aligned comment correctly.
v2->v3: Commented more precisely and aligned comment properly.
v1->v2: Applied new approach (main() functions return 
        EXIT_SUCCESS/FAILURE and other functions return 0/1).

 tools/libxl/xl.c | 12 ++++++------
 tools/libxl/xl.h |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl.c b/tools/libxl/xl.c
index 5316ad9..dfae84a 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             break;
         default:
             fprintf(stderr, "unknown global option\n");
-            exit(2);
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
     }
 
@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (!cmd) {
         help(NULL);
-        exit(1);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     opterr = 0;
 
     logger = xtl_createlogger_stdiostream(stderr, minmsglevel,
         (progress_use_cr ? XTL_STDIOSTREAM_PROGRESS_USE_CR : 0));
-    if (!logger) exit(1);
+    if (!logger) exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
     atexit(xl_ctx_free);
 
@@ -355,16 +355,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (cspec) {
         if (dryrun_only && !cspec->can_dryrun) {
             fprintf(stderr, "command does not implement -N (dryrun) option\n");
-            ret = 1;
+            ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
             goto xit;
         }
         ret = cspec->cmd_impl(argc, argv);
     } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "help")) {
         help(argv[1]);
-        ret = 0;
+        ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
     } else {
         fprintf(stderr, "command not implemented\n");
-        ret = 1;
+        ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
  xit:
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl.h b/tools/libxl/xl.h
index 0021112..c6fb1da 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl.h
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ struct cmd_spec {
     char *cmd_option;
 };
 
+/*
+ * The xl process should always return either EXIT_SUCCESS or
+ * EXIT_FAILURE. main_* functions, implementing the various xl
+ * commands, can be treated as main() as if they are returning
+ * a process exit status and not a function return value.
+ */
+
 int main_vcpulist(int argc, char **argv);
 int main_info(int argc, char **argv);
 int main_sharing(int argc, char **argv);
-- 
1.9.1


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