Ticket #1203: fix_retval_of_read_stderr_file.diff

client/app_control.cpp

@@ -818 +818 @@
 int ACTIVE_TASK::read_stderr_file() {
     char* buf1, *buf2;
     char path[MAXPATHLEN];
+    int retval;
 
     // truncate stderr output to the last 63KB;
     // it's unlikely that more than that will be useful
@@ -825 +826 @@
     int max_len = 63*1024;
     sprintf(path, "%s/%s", slot_dir, STDERR_FILE);
     if (!boinc_file_exists(path)) return 0;
-    if (read_file_malloc(path, buf1, max_len, !config.stderr_head)) {
-        return ERR_MALLOC;
-    }
+
+    retval = read_file_malloc(path, buf1, max_len, !config.stderr_head)
+    if (retval) return retval;
 
     // if it's a vbox app, check for string in stderr saying
     // the job failed because CPU VM extensions disabled