nstat: print useful error messages in abort() cases

When nstat temporary file is corrupted or in some other corner cases,
nstat use abort() to stop its execution. This can puzzle some users,
wondering what is the reason for the crash.

This commit replaces abort() with some meaningful error messages and exit()

Reported-by: Renaud Métrich <rmetrich@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/misc/nstat.c b/misc/nstat.c
index 23113b223..425e75ef4 100644
--- a/misc/nstat.c
+++ b/misc/nstat.c
@@ -142,14 +142,19 @@ static void load_good_table(FILE *fp)
 		}
 		/* idbuf is as big as buf, so this is safe */
 		nr = sscanf(buf, "%s%llu%lg", idbuf, &val, &rate);
-		if (nr < 2)
-			abort();
+		if (nr < 2) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+				__FILE__, __LINE__);
+			exit(-2);
+		}
 		if (nr < 3)
 			rate = 0;
 		if (useless_number(idbuf))
 			continue;
-		if ((n = malloc(sizeof(*n))) == NULL)
-			abort();
+		if ((n = malloc(sizeof(*n))) == NULL) {
+			perror("nstat: malloc");
+			exit(-1);
+		}
 		n->id = strdup(idbuf);
 		n->val = val;
 		n->rate = rate;
@@ -190,8 +195,11 @@ static void load_ugly_table(FILE *fp)
 		int count1, count2, skip = 0;
 
 		p = strchr(buf, ':');
-		if (!p)
-			abort();
+		if (!p) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+				__FILE__, __LINE__);
+			exit(-2);
+		}
 		count1 = count_spaces(buf);
 		*p = 0;
 		idbuf[0] = 0;
@@ -211,8 +219,10 @@ static void load_ugly_table(FILE *fp)
 				strncat(idbuf, p, sizeof(idbuf) - off - 1);
 			}
 			n = malloc(sizeof(*n));
-			if (!n)
-				abort();
+			if (!n) {
+				perror("nstat: malloc");
+				exit(-1);
+			}
 			n->id = strdup(idbuf);
 			n->rate = 0;
 			n->next = db;
@@ -221,18 +231,27 @@ static void load_ugly_table(FILE *fp)
 		}
 		n = db;
 		nread = getline(&buf, &buflen, fp);
-		if (nread == -1)
-			abort();
+		if (nread == -1) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+				__FILE__, __LINE__);
+			exit(-2);
+		}
 		count2 = count_spaces(buf);
 		if (count2 > count1)
 			skip = count2 - count1;
 		do {
 			p = strrchr(buf, ' ');
-			if (!p)
-				abort();
+			if (!p) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+					__FILE__, __LINE__);
+				exit(-2);
+			}
 			*p = 0;
-			if (sscanf(p+1, "%llu", &n->val) != 1)
-				abort();
+			if (sscanf(p+1, "%llu", &n->val) != 1) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: error parsing history file\n",
+					__FILE__, __LINE__);
+				exit(-2);
+			}
 			/* Trick to skip "dummy" trailing ICMP MIB in 2.4 */
 			if (skip)
 				skip--;