From 547efed2588c0e6b9c6d4c53be95b74a99039e12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Wood <andrew.wood@ivarch.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 16:30:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Set the exit status to 8 when /dev/null is not usable and
 --discard is active (#192).

---
 src/pv/file.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pv/file.c b/src/pv/file.c
index 6451d44..d6f8615 100644
--- a/src/pv/file.c
+++ b/src/pv/file.c
@@ -541,10 +541,12 @@ int pv_next_file(pvstate_t state, unsigned int filenum, int oldfd)
 			pv_perror("%s", "/dev/null");
 			(void) close(fd);
 			fd = -1;
+			state->status.exit_status |= PV_ERROREXIT_TRANSITION;
 		}
 		if (!pv_fd_is_dev_null(state->transfer.discard_fd, true)) {
 			(void) close(fd);
 			fd = -1;
+			state->status.exit_status |= PV_ERROREXIT_TRANSITION;
 		}
 	}
 #endif				/* HAVE_SPLICE */