Squelch some more warnings on Linux

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index 057db144..b22720b0 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ extern bool g_profiling_active;
 */
 extern const wchar_t *program_name;
 
+/* Variants of read() and write() that ignores return values, defeating a warning */
+void read_ignore(int fd, void *buff, size_t count);
+void write_ignore(int fd, const void *buff, size_t count);
+
 /**
    This macro is used to check that an input argument is not null. It
    is a bit lika a non-fatal form of assert. Instead of exit-ing on
@@ -180,11 +184,10 @@ extern const wchar_t *program_name;
 */
 #define FATAL_EXIT()											\
 	{															\
-		char exit_read_buff;                                    \
-		show_stackframe();										\
-        int ignore __attribute__((unused));                     \
-		ignore = read( 0, &exit_read_buff, 1 );                 \
-		exit_without_destructors( 1 );                          \
+        char exit_read_buff;                                    \
+        show_stackframe();										\
+        read_ignore( 0, &exit_read_buff, 1 );                   \
+        exit_without_destructors( 1 );                          \
 	}															\