1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index ed0584623690..c9a16abacab4 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static void do_config_file(const char *filename)
 
         fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: ");
+                fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: error opening config file: ");
                 perror(filename);
                 exit(2);
         }
@@ -357,11 +357,15 @@ static void print_deps(void)
 
         fd = open(depfile, O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: ");
+                fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: error opening depfile: ");
                 perror(depfile);
                 exit(2);
         }
-        fstat(fd, &st);
+        if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: error fstat'ing depfile: ");
+                perror(depfile);
+                exit(2);
+        }
         if (st.st_size == 0) {
                 fprintf(stderr,"fixdep: %s is empty\n",depfile);
                 close(fd);