[PATCH v2] compat/winansi: fix die_lasterr() argument formatting
From: Yongqiang Tian <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-21 06:21:32
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
During WinANSI initialization, duplicate_handle() reports the handle when DuplicateHandle() fails. die_lasterr() collects the formatting arguments in a va_list, but passes that va_list to die_errno() as an ordinary variadic argument. die_errno() consequently formats part of the va_list representation instead of the supplied handle, producing an incorrect fatal message. The helper also converts GetLastError() to errno, losing the exact Windows error code. Remove die_lasterr() and report GetLastError() directly at its four call sites, following the existing Windows diagnostic style. This passes the handle to the formatter correctly and preserves the Windows error code. Keep the existing %li representation of the handle. With MinGW GCC 13, compat/winansi.o builds with DEVELOPER=1 and the complete git.exe builds and links. Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Tian <redacted> --- Changes since v1: - replace die_lasterr() with direct die() calls; - preserve exact GetLastError() values instead of mapping them to errno; - follow the existing Windows diagnostic style and retain %li for the handle; - verify compat/winansi.o with DEVELOPER=1 and build and link the complete git.exe with MinGW GCC 13. compat/winansi.c | 19 +++++-------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/compat/winansi.c b/compat/winansi.c
index 3ce1900939..088734a1df 100644
--- a/compat/winansi.c
+++ b/compat/winansi.c@@ -436,15 +436,6 @@ static void winansi_exit(void) CloseHandle(hthread); } -static void die_lasterr(const char *fmt, ...) -{ - va_list params; - va_start(params, fmt); - errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError()); - die_errno(fmt, params); - va_end(params); -} - #undef dup2 int winansi_dup2(int oldfd, int newfd) {
@@ -462,8 +453,8 @@ static HANDLE duplicate_handle(HANDLE hnd) HANDLE hresult, hproc = GetCurrentProcess(); if (!DuplicateHandle(hproc, hnd, hproc, &hresult, 0, TRUE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) - die_lasterr("DuplicateHandle(%li) failed", - (long) (intptr_t) hnd); + die("DuplicateHandle(%li) failed: %lu", + (long) (intptr_t) hnd, GetLastError()); return hresult; }
@@ -609,16 +600,16 @@ void winansi_init(void) hwrite = CreateNamedPipeW(name, PIPE_ACCESS_OUTBOUND, PIPE_TYPE_BYTE | PIPE_WAIT, 1, BUFFER_SIZE, 0, 0, NULL); if (hwrite == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) - die_lasterr("CreateNamedPipe failed"); + die("CreateNamedPipe failed: %lu", GetLastError()); hread = CreateFileW(name, GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL); if (hread == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) - die_lasterr("CreateFile for named pipe failed"); + die("CreateFile for named pipe failed: %lu", GetLastError()); /* start console spool thread on the pipe's read end */ hthread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, console_thread, NULL, 0, NULL); if (!hthread) - die_lasterr("CreateThread(console_thread) failed"); + die("CreateThread(console_thread) failed: %lu", GetLastError()); /* schedule cleanup routine */ if (atexit(winansi_exit))
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