[cairo] [PATCH] Generate better error message when loading invalid PNGs

[Adrian Johnson]

On 26/03/16 03:53, Uli Schlachter wrote:
> Based on an idea from Cyril Roelandt, this patch makes cairo generate better
> error messages when cairo_image_surface_create_from_png{,_stream} is called on
> e.g. JPEG files. To do so, we don't let libpng check if the file starts with a
> PNG signature, but do so by hand. On mismatch, a surface with status
> CAIRO_STATUS_READ_ERROR is returned where previously the status was
> CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY (the status used for all errors in libpng).

What about if it is a PNG file but libpng is unable to decode it? It is
still going to return the unhelpful CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY. It is also
useful restrict CAIRO_STATUS_READ_ERROR to errors reading the from the
stream.

I think we need an error status for backends that can fail. The attached
patch adds CAIRO_STATUS_PNG_ERROR. I can also write a patch for win32 as
it is returning CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY for GDI errors.

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