remove tracking of cover profile size and raise error using base.Errorf and return

Author: ryancurrah

src/cmd/go/internal/test/cover.go

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ import (
 // across multiple test runs and packages.
 var coverMerge struct {
 	f          *os.File
-	fsize      int64 // Tracks the size of valid data written to f
-	sync.Mutex       // for f.Write
+	sync.Mutex // for f.Write
 }
 
 // initCoverProfile initializes the test coverage profile.
@@ -40,16 +39,15 @@ func initCoverProfile() {
 	if err != nil {
 		base.Fatalf("%v", err)
 	}
-	s, err := fmt.Fprintf(f, "mode: %s\n", cfg.BuildCoverMode)
+	_, err = fmt.Fprintf(f, "mode: %s\n", cfg.BuildCoverMode)
 	if err != nil {
 		base.Fatalf("%v", err)
 	}
 	coverMerge.f = f
-	coverMerge.fsize = int64(s)
 }
 
 // mergeCoverProfile merges file into the profile stored in testCoverProfile.
-// It prints any errors it encounters to ew.
+// Errors encountered are logged and cause a non-zero exit status.
 func mergeCoverProfile(file string) {
 	if coverMerge.f == nil {
 		return
@@ -71,25 +69,20 @@ func mergeCoverProfile(file string) {
 		return
 	}
 	if err != nil || string(buf) != expect {
-		base.Errorf("error: test wrote malformed coverage profile %s: header %q, expected %q: %v", file, string(buf), expect, err)
+		base.Errorf("test wrote malformed coverage profile %s: header %q, expected %q: %v", file, string(buf), expect, err)
 		return
 	}
-	s, err := io.Copy(coverMerge.f, r)
+	_, err = io.Copy(coverMerge.f, r)
 	if err != nil {
-		base.Errorf("error: saving coverage profile: %v", err)
+		base.Errorf("saving coverage profile: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
-	coverMerge.fsize += s
 }
 
 func closeCoverProfile() {
 	if coverMerge.f == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	// Discard any partially written data from a failed merge.
-	if err := coverMerge.f.Truncate(coverMerge.fsize); err != nil {
-		base.Errorf("closing coverage profile: %v", err)
-	}
 	if err := coverMerge.f.Close(); err != nil {
 		base.Errorf("closing coverage profile: %v", err)
 	}

src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go

@@ -2058,11 +2058,12 @@ func (c *runCache) saveOutput(a *work.Action, coverProfileFile string) {
 			}
 			defer func() {
 				if err := coverProfile.Close(); err != nil && cache.DebugTest {
-					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testcache: %s: closing temporary coverprofile: %v", a.Package.ImportPath, err)
+					base.Errorf("closing temporary coverprofile: %v", err)
 				}
 			}()
 		} else if cache.DebugTest {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testcache: %s: failed to open temporary coverprofile: %s", a.Package.ImportPath, err)
+			base.Errorf("failed to open temporary coverprofile: %s", err)
+			return
 		}
 	}
 	if c.id1 != (cache.ActionID{}) {