gpt-auto-generator: improve log message

We said "exiting", but then the program continues to do other operations
and log additional messages.

src/analyze/analyze-architectures.c

@@ -47,30 +47,25 @@ int verb_architectures(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
 
         (void) table_hide_column_from_display(table, (size_t) 0);
 
-        if (strv_isempty(strv_skip(argv, 1)))
-                for (Architecture a = 0; a < _ARCHITECTURE_MAX; a++) {
-                        r = add_arch(table, a);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return r;
-                }
-        else {
-                STRV_FOREACH(as, strv_skip(argv, 1)) {
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        if (args) {
+                STRV_FOREACH(arg, args) {
                         Architecture a;
 
-                        if (streq(*as, "native"))
+                        if (streq(*arg, "native"))
                                 a = native_architecture();
-                        else if (streq(*as, "uname"))
+                        else if (streq(*arg, "uname"))
                                 a = uname_architecture();
-                        else if (streq(*as, "secondary")) {
+                        else if (streq(*arg, "secondary")) {
 #ifdef ARCHITECTURE_SECONDARY
                                 a = ARCHITECTURE_SECONDARY;
 #else
                                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "No secondary architecture.");
 #endif
                         } else
-                                a = architecture_from_string(*as);
+                                a = architecture_from_string(*arg);
                         if (a < 0)
-                                return log_error_errno(a, "Architecture \"%s\" not known.", *as);
+                                return log_error_errno(a, "Architecture \"%s\" not known.", *arg);
 
                         r = add_arch(table, a);
                         if (r < 0)
@@ -78,6 +73,11 @@ int verb_architectures(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                 }
 
                 (void) table_set_sort(table, (size_t) 0);
+        } else
+                for (Architecture a = 0; a < _ARCHITECTURE_MAX; a++) {
+                        r = add_arch(table, a);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
                 }
 
         r = table_print_with_pager(table, arg_json_format_flags, arg_pager_flags, arg_legend);

src/analyze/analyze-cat-config.c

@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 
 int verb_cat_config(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
-        char **list;
         int r;
 
         pager_open(arg_pager_flags);
 
-        list = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        char **list = strv_skip(argv, 1);
         STRV_FOREACH(arg, list) {
                 const char *t = NULL;
 

src/analyze/analyze-exit-status.c

@@ -17,7 +17,24 @@ int verb_exit_status(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to right-align status: %m");
 
-        if (strv_isempty(strv_skip(argv, 1)))
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        if (args)
+                STRV_FOREACH(arg, args) {
+                        int status;
+
+                        status = exit_status_from_string(*arg);
+                        if (status < 0)
+                                return log_error_errno(status, "Invalid exit status \"%s\".", *arg);
+
+                        assert(status >= 0 && (size_t) status < ELEMENTSOF(exit_status_mappings));
+                        r = table_add_many(table,
+                                           TABLE_STRING, exit_status_mappings[status].name ?: "-",
+                                           TABLE_INT, status,
+                                           TABLE_STRING, exit_status_class(status) ?: "-");
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return table_log_add_error(r);
+                }
+        else
                 for (size_t i = 0; i < ELEMENTSOF(exit_status_mappings); i++) {
                         if (!exit_status_mappings[i].name)
                                 continue;
@@ -29,22 +46,6 @@ int verb_exit_status(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return table_log_add_error(r);
                 }
-        else
-                for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-                        int status;
-
-                        status = exit_status_from_string(argv[i]);
-                        if (status < 0)
-                                return log_error_errno(status, "Invalid exit status \"%s\".", argv[i]);
-
-                        assert(status >= 0 && (size_t) status < ELEMENTSOF(exit_status_mappings));
-                        r = table_add_many(table,
-                                           TABLE_STRING, exit_status_mappings[status].name ?: "-",
-                                           TABLE_INT, status,
-                                           TABLE_STRING, exit_status_class(status) ?: "-");
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return table_log_add_error(r);
-                }
 
         r = table_print_with_pager(table, arg_json_format_flags, arg_pager_flags, arg_legend);
         if (r < 0)

src/analyze/analyze-filesystems.c

@@ -106,15 +106,30 @@ static void dump_filesystem_set(const FilesystemSet *set) {
 }
 
 int verb_filesystems(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
-        bool first = true;
-
 #if ! HAVE_LIBBPF
         return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EOPNOTSUPP), "Not compiled with libbpf support, sorry.");
 #endif
 
         pager_open(arg_pager_flags);
 
-        if (strv_isempty(strv_skip(argv, 1))) {
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        if (args)
+                STRV_FOREACH(name, args) {
+                        if (name != args)
+                                puts("");
+
+                        const FilesystemSet *set = filesystem_set_find(*name);
+                        if (!set) {
+                                /* make sure the error appears below normal output */
+                                fflush(stdout);
+
+                                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ENOENT),
+                                                       "Filesystem set \"%s\" not found.", *name);
+                        }
+
+                        dump_filesystem_set(set);
+                }
+        else {
                 _cleanup_set_free_ Set *kernel = NULL, *known = NULL;
                 int k;
 
@@ -126,27 +141,24 @@ int verb_filesystems(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
 
                 for (FilesystemGroups i = 0; i < _FILESYSTEM_SET_MAX; i++) {
                         const FilesystemSet *set = filesystem_sets + i;
-                        if (!first)
+                        if (i > 0)
                                 puts("");
 
                         dump_filesystem_set(set);
                         filesystem_set_remove(kernel, set);
                         if (i != FILESYSTEM_SET_KNOWN)
                                 filesystem_set_remove(known, set);
-                        first = false;
                 }
 
                 if (arg_quiet)  /* Let's not show the extra stuff in quiet mode */
                         return 0;
 
                 if (!set_isempty(known)) {
-                        _cleanup_free_ char **l = NULL;
-
                         printf("\n"
                                "# %sUngrouped filesystems%s (known but not included in any of the groups except @known):\n",
                                ansi_highlight(), ansi_normal());
 
-                        l = set_get_strv(known);
+                        _cleanup_free_ char **l = set_get_strv(known);
                         if (!l)
                                 return log_oom();
 
@@ -197,24 +209,6 @@ int verb_filesystems(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                         STRV_FOREACH(filesystem, l)
                                 printf("#   %s\n", *filesystem);
                 }
-        } else
-                STRV_FOREACH(name, strv_skip(argv, 1)) {
-                        const FilesystemSet *set;
-
-                        if (!first)
-                                puts("");
-
-                        set = filesystem_set_find(*name);
-                        if (!set) {
-                                /* make sure the error appears below normal output */
-                                fflush(stdout);
-
-                                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ENOENT),
-                                                       "Filesystem set \"%s\" not found.", *name);
-                        }
-
-                        dump_filesystem_set(set);
-                        first = false;
         }
 
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;

src/analyze/analyze-malloc.c

@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ int verb_malloc(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         char **services = STRV_MAKE("org.freedesktop.systemd1");
         int r;
 
-        if (!strv_isempty(strv_skip(argv, 1))) {
-                services = strv_skip(argv, 1);
-                STRV_FOREACH(service, services)
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        if (args) {
+                STRV_FOREACH(service, args)
                         if (!service_name_is_valid(*service))
                                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "D-Bus service name '%s' is not valid.", *service);
+                services = args;
         }
 
         r = acquire_bus(&bus, NULL);

src/analyze/analyze-pcrs.c

@@ -114,19 +114,14 @@ int verb_pcrs(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         if (!alg) /* hide hash column if we couldn't acquire it */
                 (void) table_set_display(table, 0, 1);
 
-        if (strv_isempty(strv_skip(argv, 1)))
-                for (uint32_t pi = 0; pi < _TPM2_PCR_INDEX_MAX_DEFINED; pi++) {
-                        r = add_pcr_to_table(table, alg, pi);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return r;
-                }
-        else {
-                for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        if (args) {
+                STRV_FOREACH(arg, args) {
                         int pi;
 
-                        pi = tpm2_pcr_index_from_string(argv[i]);
+                        pi = tpm2_pcr_index_from_string(*arg);
                         if (pi < 0)
-                                return log_error_errno(pi, "PCR index \"%s\" not known.", argv[i]);
+                                return log_error_errno(pi, "PCR index \"%s\" not known.", *arg);
 
                         r = add_pcr_to_table(table, alg, pi);
                         if (r < 0)
@@ -134,6 +129,11 @@ int verb_pcrs(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                 }
 
                 (void) table_set_sort(table, (size_t) 0);
+        } else
+                for (uint32_t pi = 0; pi < _TPM2_PCR_INDEX_MAX_DEFINED; pi++) {
+                        r = add_pcr_to_table(table, alg, pi);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
                 }
 
         r = table_print_with_pager(table, arg_json_format_flags, arg_pager_flags, /* show_header= */true);

src/analyze/analyze-syscall-filter.c

@@ -103,12 +103,30 @@ static void dump_syscall_filter(const SyscallFilterSet *set) {
 }
 
 int verb_syscall_filters(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
-        bool first = true;
         int r;
 
         pager_open(arg_pager_flags);
 
-        if (strv_isempty(strv_skip(argv, 1))) {
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        if (args)
+                STRV_FOREACH(name, args) {
+                        const SyscallFilterSet *set;
+
+                        if (name != args)
+                                puts("");
+
+                        set = syscall_filter_set_find(*name);
+                        if (!set) {
+                                /* make sure the error appears below normal output */
+                                fflush(stdout);
+
+                                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ENOENT),
+                                                       "Filter set \"%s\" not found.", *name);
+                        }
+
+                        dump_syscall_filter(set);
+                }
+        else {
                 _cleanup_set_free_ Set *kernel = NULL, *known = NULL;
                 int k = 0;  /* explicit initialization to appease gcc */
 
@@ -121,27 +139,24 @@ int verb_syscall_filters(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
 
                 for (int i = 0; i < _SYSCALL_FILTER_SET_MAX; i++) {
                         const SyscallFilterSet *set = syscall_filter_sets + i;
-                        if (!first)
+                        if (i > 0)
                                 puts("");
 
                         dump_syscall_filter(set);
                         syscall_set_remove(kernel, set);
                         if (i != SYSCALL_FILTER_SET_KNOWN)
                                 syscall_set_remove(known, set);
-                        first = false;
                 }
 
                 if (arg_quiet)  /* Let's not show the extra stuff in quiet mode */
                         return 0;
 
                 if (!set_isempty(known)) {
-                        _cleanup_free_ char **l = NULL;
-
                         printf("\n"
                                "# %sUngrouped System Calls%s (known but not included in any of the groups except @known):\n",
                                ansi_highlight(), ansi_normal());
 
-                        l = set_get_strv(known);
+                        _cleanup_free_ char **l = set_get_strv(known);
                         if (!l)
                                 return log_oom();
 
@@ -157,13 +172,11 @@ int verb_syscall_filters(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                         if (!arg_quiet)
                                 log_notice_errno(k, "# Not showing unlisted system calls, couldn't retrieve kernel system call list: %m");
                 } else if (!set_isempty(kernel)) {
-                        _cleanup_free_ char **l = NULL;
-
                         printf("\n"
                                "# %sUnlisted System Calls%s (supported by the local kernel, but not included in any of the groups listed above):\n",
                                ansi_highlight(), ansi_normal());
 
-                        l = set_get_strv(kernel);
+                        _cleanup_free_ char **l = set_get_strv(kernel);
                         if (!l)
                                 return log_oom();
 
@@ -172,24 +185,6 @@ int verb_syscall_filters(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                         STRV_FOREACH(syscall, l)
                                 printf("#   %s\n", *syscall);
                 }
-        } else
-                STRV_FOREACH(name, strv_skip(argv, 1)) {
-                        const SyscallFilterSet *set;
-
-                        if (!first)
-                                puts("");
-
-                        set = syscall_filter_set_find(*name);
-                        if (!set) {
-                                /* make sure the error appears below normal output */
-                                fflush(stdout);
-
-                                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ENOENT),
-                                                       "Filter set \"%s\" not found.", *name);
-                        }
-
-                        dump_syscall_filter(set);
-                        first = false;
         }
 
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;

src/analyze/analyze-timestamp.c

@@ -75,11 +75,12 @@ static int test_timestamp_one(const char *p) {
 int verb_timestamp(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         int r = 0;
 
-        STRV_FOREACH(p, strv_skip(argv, 1)) {
-                RET_GATHER(r, test_timestamp_one(*p));
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        STRV_FOREACH(arg, args) {
+                if (arg != args)
+                        puts("");
 
-                if (p[1])
-                        putchar('\n');
+                RET_GATHER(r, test_timestamp_one(*arg));
         }
 
         return r;

src/basic/strv.c

@@ -956,14 +956,16 @@ bool strv_fnmatch_full(
 }
 
 char** strv_skip(char **l, size_t n) {
-
         while (n > 0) {
                 if (strv_isempty(l))
-                        return l;
+                        return NULL;
 
                 l++, n--;
         }
 
+        /* To simplify callers, always return NULL instead of a zero-item array. */
+        if (strv_isempty(l))
+                return NULL;
         return l;
 }
 

src/busctl/busctl.c

@@ -547,9 +547,21 @@ static int tree(int argc, char **argv, void *userdata) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        if (argc <= 1) {
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        if (args)
+                STRV_FOREACH(arg, args) {
+                        if (arg != args)
+                                puts("");
+
+                        if (args[1]) {
+                                pager_open(arg_pager_flags);
+                                printf("Service %s%s%s:\n", ansi_highlight(), *arg, ansi_normal());
+                        }
+
+                        RET_GATHER(r, tree_one(bus, *arg));
+                }
+        else {
                 _cleanup_strv_free_ char **names = NULL;
-                bool not_first = false;
 
                 r = sd_bus_list_names(bus, &names, NULL);
                 if (r < 0)
@@ -557,41 +569,20 @@ static int tree(int argc, char **argv, void *userdata) {
 
                 pager_open(arg_pager_flags);
 
-                STRV_FOREACH(i, names) {
-                        int q;
-
-                        if (!arg_unique && (*i)[0] == ':')
+                STRV_FOREACH(name, names) {
+                        if (!arg_unique && (*name)[0] == ':')
                                 continue;
 
-                        if (!arg_acquired && (*i)[0] == ':')
+                        if (!arg_acquired && (*name)[0] == ':')
                                 continue;
 
-                        if (not_first)
-                                printf("\n");
+                        if (name != names)
+                                puts("");
 
-                        printf("Service %s%s%s:\n", ansi_highlight(), *i, ansi_normal());
+                        printf("Service %s%s%s:\n", ansi_highlight(), *name, ansi_normal());
 
-                        q = tree_one(bus, *i);
-                        if (q < 0 && r >= 0)
-                                r = q;
-
-                        not_first = true;
+                        RET_GATHER(r, tree_one(bus, *name));
                 }
-        } else
-                STRV_FOREACH(i, strv_skip(argv, 1)) {
-                        int q;
-
-                        if (i > argv+1)
-                                printf("\n");
-
-                        if (argv[2]) {
-                                pager_open(arg_pager_flags);
-                                printf("Service %s%s%s:\n", ansi_highlight(), *i, ansi_normal());
-                        }
-
-                        q = tree_one(bus, *i);
-                        if (q < 0 && r >= 0)
-                                r = q;
         }
 
         return r;

src/gpt-auto-generator/gpt-auto-generator.c

@@ -663,8 +663,9 @@ static int add_root_mount(void) {
 
         r = efi_loader_get_device_part_uuid(NULL);
         if (r == -ENOENT) {
-                log_notice("EFI loader partition unknown, exiting.\n"
-                           "(The boot loader did not set EFI variable LoaderDevicePartUUID.)");
+                log_notice("EFI loader partition unknown, not processing %s.\n"
+                           "(The boot loader did not set EFI variable LoaderDevicePartUUID.)",
+                           in_initrd() ? "/sysroot" : "/");
                 return 0;
         } else if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to read loader partition UUID: %m");

src/home/homectl.c

@@ -691,47 +691,7 @@ static void dump_home_record(UserRecord *hr) {
         }
 }
 
-static char **mangle_user_list(char **list, char ***ret_allocated) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *myself = NULL;
-        char **l;
-
-        if (!strv_isempty(list)) {
-                *ret_allocated = NULL;
-                return list;
-        }
-
-        myself = getusername_malloc();
-        if (!myself)
-                return NULL;
-
-        l = new(char*, 2);
-        if (!l)
-                return NULL;
-
-        l[0] = TAKE_PTR(myself);
-        l[1] = NULL;
-
-        *ret_allocated = l;
-        return l;
-}
-
-static int inspect_home(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
-        _cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
-        _cleanup_strv_free_ char **mangled_list = NULL;
-        int r, ret = 0;
-        char **items;
-
-        pager_open(arg_pager_flags);
-
-        r = acquire_bus(&bus);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        items = mangle_user_list(strv_skip(argv, 1), &mangled_list);
-        if (!items)
-                return log_oom();
-
-        STRV_FOREACH(i, items) {
+static int inspect_home(sd_bus *bus, const char *name) {
         _cleanup_(sd_bus_error_free) sd_bus_error error = SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL;
         _cleanup_(sd_bus_message_unrefp) sd_bus_message *reply = NULL;
         _cleanup_(sd_json_variant_unrefp) sd_json_variant *v = NULL;
@@ -739,85 +699,70 @@ static int inspect_home(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         const char *json;
         int incomplete;
         uid_t uid;
+        int r;
 
-                r = parse_uid(*i, &uid);
+        r = parse_uid(name, &uid);
         if (r < 0) {
-                        if (!valid_user_group_name(*i, 0)) {
-                                log_error("Invalid user name '%s'.", *i);
-                                if (ret == 0)
-                                        ret = -EINVAL;
+                if (!valid_user_group_name(name, 0))
+                        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Invalid user name '%s'.", name);
 
-                                continue;
-                        }
-
-                        r = bus_call_method(bus, bus_mgr, "GetUserRecordByName", &error, &reply, "s", *i);
+                r = bus_call_method(bus, bus_mgr, "GetUserRecordByName", &error, &reply, "s", name);
         } else
                 r = bus_call_method(bus, bus_mgr, "GetUserRecordByUID", &error, &reply, "u", (uint32_t) uid);
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        log_error_errno(r, "Failed to inspect home: %s", bus_error_message(&error, r));
-                        if (ret == 0)
-                                ret = r;
-
-                        continue;
-                }
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to inspect home: %s", bus_error_message(&error, r));
 
         r = sd_bus_message_read(reply, "sbo", &json, &incomplete, NULL);
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        bus_log_parse_error(r);
-                        if (ret == 0)
-                                ret = r;
-
-                        continue;
-                }
+        if (r < 0)
+                return bus_log_parse_error(r);
 
         r = sd_json_parse(json, SD_JSON_PARSE_SENSITIVE, &v, NULL, NULL);
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse JSON identity: %m");
-                        if (ret == 0)
-                                ret = r;
-
-                        continue;
-                }
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse JSON identity: %m");
 
         hr = user_record_new();
         if (!hr)
                 return log_oom();
 
         r = user_record_load(hr, v, USER_RECORD_LOAD_REFUSE_SECRET|USER_RECORD_LOG|USER_RECORD_PERMISSIVE);
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        if (ret == 0)
-                                ret = r;
-
-                        continue;
-                }
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
 
         hr->incomplete = incomplete;
         dump_home_record(hr);
+        return 0;
 }
 
-        return ret;
-}
-
-static int authenticate_home(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
+static int inspect_homes(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         _cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
-        _cleanup_strv_free_ char **mangled_list = NULL;
-        int r, ret = 0;
-        char **items;
-
-        items = mangle_user_list(strv_skip(argv, 1), &mangled_list);
-        if (!items)
-                return log_oom();
+        int r;
 
         r = acquire_bus(&bus);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        (void) polkit_agent_open_if_enabled(arg_transport, arg_ask_password);
+        pager_open(arg_pager_flags);
 
-        STRV_FOREACH(i, items) {
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        if (args) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *myself = getusername_malloc();
+                if (!myself)
+                        return log_oom();
+
+                return inspect_home(bus, myself);
+        } else {
+                STRV_FOREACH(arg, args)
+                        RET_GATHER(r, inspect_home(bus, *arg));
+
+                return r;
+        }
+}
+
+static int authenticate_home(sd_bus *bus, const char *name) {
         _cleanup_(user_record_unrefp) UserRecord *secret = NULL;
+        int r;
 
-                r = acquire_passed_secrets(*i, &secret);
+        r = acquire_passed_secrets(name, &secret);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
@@ -829,7 +774,7 @@ static int authenticate_home(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                 if (r < 0)
                         return bus_log_create_error(r);
 
-                        r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "s", *i);
+                r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "s", name);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return bus_log_create_error(r);
 
@@ -839,19 +784,37 @@ static int authenticate_home(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
 
                 r = sd_bus_call(bus, m, HOME_SLOW_BUS_CALL_TIMEOUT_USEC, &error, NULL);
                 if (r < 0) {
-                                r = handle_generic_user_record_error(*i, secret, &error, r, false);
-                                if (r < 0) {
-                                        if (ret == 0)
-                                                ret = r;
-
-                                        break;
+                        r = handle_generic_user_record_error(name, secret, &error, r, false);
+                        if (r >= 0)
+                                continue;
                 }
-                        } else
-                                break;
+                return r;
         }
 }
 
-        return ret;
+static int authenticate_homes(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
+        _cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
+        int r;
+
+        r = acquire_bus(&bus);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        (void) polkit_agent_open_if_enabled(arg_transport, arg_ask_password);
+
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+        if (args) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *myself = getusername_malloc();
+                if (!myself)
+                        return log_oom();
+
+                return authenticate_home(bus, myself);
+        } else {
+                STRV_FOREACH(arg, args)
+                        RET_GATHER(r, authenticate_home(bus, *arg));
+
+                return r;
+        }
 }
 
 static int update_last_change(sd_json_variant **v, bool with_password, bool override) {
@@ -4727,8 +4690,8 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 { "list",           VERB_ANY, 1,        VERB_DEFAULT, list_homes           },
                 { "activate",       2,        VERB_ANY, 0,            activate_home        },
                 { "deactivate",     2,        VERB_ANY, 0,            deactivate_home      },
-                { "inspect",        VERB_ANY, VERB_ANY, 0,            inspect_home         },
-                { "authenticate",   VERB_ANY, VERB_ANY, 0,            authenticate_home    },
+                { "inspect",        VERB_ANY, VERB_ANY, 0,            inspect_homes        },
+                { "authenticate",   VERB_ANY, VERB_ANY, 0,            authenticate_homes   },
                 { "create",         VERB_ANY, 2,        0,            create_home          },
                 { "remove",         2,        VERB_ANY, 0,            remove_home          },
                 { "update",         VERB_ANY, 2,        0,            update_home          },

src/id128/id128.c

@@ -133,17 +133,7 @@ static int verb_show(int argc, char **argv, void *userdata) {
         int r;
 
         argv = strv_skip(argv, 1);
-        if (strv_isempty(argv)) {
-                if (!sd_id128_is_null(arg_app))
-                        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
-                                               "'show --app-specific=' can only be used with explicit UUID input.");
-
-                for (const GptPartitionType *e = gpt_partition_type_table; e->name; e++) {
-                        r = show_one(&table, e->name, e->uuid, e == gpt_partition_type_table);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return r;
-                }
-        } else
+        if (argv)
                 STRV_FOREACH(p, argv) {
                         sd_id128_t uuid;
                         const char *id = NULL;
@@ -171,6 +161,17 @@ static int verb_show(int argc, char **argv, void *userdata) {
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return r;
                 }
+        else {
+                if (!sd_id128_is_null(arg_app))
+                        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
+                                               "'show --app-specific=' can only be used with explicit UUID input.");
+
+                for (const GptPartitionType *e = gpt_partition_type_table; e->name; e++) {
+                        r = show_one(&table, e->name, e->uuid, e == gpt_partition_type_table);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
+                }
+        }
 
         if (table) {
                 r = table_print_with_pager(table, arg_json_format_flags, arg_pager_flags, arg_legend);

src/shared/exec-util.c

@@ -152,11 +152,13 @@ static int do_execute(
                 }
 
                 if (DEBUG_LOGGING) {
-                        _cleanup_free_ char *args = NULL;
-                        if (argv)
-                                args = quote_command_line(strv_skip(argv, 1), SHELL_ESCAPE_EMPTY);
+                        _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
 
-                        log_debug("About to execute %s%s%s", t, argv ? " " : "", argv ? strnull(args) : "");
+                        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
+                        if (args)
+                                s = quote_command_line(args, SHELL_ESCAPE_EMPTY);
+
+                        log_debug("About to execute %s%s%s", t, args ? " " : "", args ? strnull(s) : "");
                 }
 
                 if (FLAGS_SET(flags, EXEC_DIR_WARN_WORLD_WRITABLE)) {

src/systemctl/systemctl-list-dependencies.c

@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ int verb_list_dependencies(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                 return r;
 
         patterns = strv_skip(argv, 1);
-        if (strv_isempty(patterns)) {
-                units = strv_new(SPECIAL_DEFAULT_TARGET);
-                if (!units)
-                        return log_oom();
-        } else {
+        if (patterns) {
                 r = expand_unit_names(bus, patterns, NULL, &units, NULL);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to expand names: %m");
+        } else {
+                units = strv_new(SPECIAL_DEFAULT_TARGET);
+                if (!units)
+                        return log_oom();
         }
 
         pager_open(arg_pager_flags);

src/test/test-execve.c

@@ -20,15 +20,13 @@
  */
 
 static int run(int argc, char **argv) {
-        _cleanup_close_ int fd = -EBADF;
-        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1);
         int r;
 
         test_setup_logging(LOG_DEBUG);
 
-        args = !strv_isempty(args) ? args : STRV_MAKE("/bin/true");
+        char **args = strv_skip(argv, 1) ?: STRV_MAKE("/bin/true");
 
-        fd = open(args[0], O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+        _cleanup_close_ int fd = open(args[0], O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
         if (fd < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(errno, "open(%s) failed: %m", args[0]);
 

src/test/test-strv.c

@@ -1004,17 +1004,21 @@ TEST(strv_skip) {
         test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"), 0, STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"));
         test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"), 1, STRV_MAKE("bar", "baz"));
         test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"), 2, STRV_MAKE("baz"));
-        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"), 3, STRV_MAKE(NULL));
-        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"), 4, STRV_MAKE(NULL));
-        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"), 55, STRV_MAKE(NULL));
+        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"), 3, NULL);
+        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"), 4, NULL);
+        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "baz"), 55, NULL);
 
         test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("quux"), 0, STRV_MAKE("quux"));
-        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("quux"), 1, STRV_MAKE(NULL));
-        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("quux"), 55, STRV_MAKE(NULL));
+        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("quux"), 1, NULL);
+        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE("quux"), 55, NULL);
 
-        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE(NULL), 0, STRV_MAKE(NULL));
-        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE(NULL), 1, STRV_MAKE(NULL));
-        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE(NULL), 55, STRV_MAKE(NULL));
+        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE(NULL), 0, NULL);
+        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE(NULL), 1, NULL);
+        test_strv_skip_one(STRV_MAKE(NULL), 55, NULL);
+
+        test_strv_skip_one(NULL, 0, NULL);
+        test_strv_skip_one(NULL, 1, NULL);
+        test_strv_skip_one(NULL, 55, NULL);
 }
 
 TEST(strv_extend_n) {

src/udev/udev-builtin-kmod.c

@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ static int builtin_kmod(UdevEvent *event, int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                                 "%s: expected: load [module…]", argv[0]);
 
         char **modules = strv_skip(argv, 2);
-        if (strv_isempty(modules)) {
+        if (modules)
+                STRV_FOREACH(module, modules)
+                        (void) module_load_and_warn(ctx, *module, /* verbose = */ false);
+        else {
                 const char *modalias;
 
                 r = sd_device_get_property_value(dev, "MODALIAS", &modalias);
@@ -43,9 +46,7 @@ static int builtin_kmod(UdevEvent *event, int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return log_device_warning_errno(dev, r, "Failed to read property \"MODALIAS\": %m");
 
                 (void) module_load_and_warn(ctx, modalias, /* verbose = */ false);
-        } else
-                STRV_FOREACH(module, modules)
-                        (void) module_load_and_warn(ctx, *module, /* verbose = */ false);
+        }
 
         return 0;
 }