From 2e669a1c32171f9aeb2a602e7adeba62d75c2f1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Roger A. Light" <roger@atchoo.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:45:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] mosquitto_read_file: Set return values early

---
 libcommon/file_common.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libcommon/file_common.c b/libcommon/file_common.c
index 5bfa2b87..1ba4d8b3 100644
--- a/libcommon/file_common.c
+++ b/libcommon/file_common.c
@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ int mosquitto_read_file(const char *file, bool restrict_read, char **buf, size_t
 	size_t buflen_i;
 
 	*buf = NULL;
+	if(buflen){
+		*buflen = 0;
+	}
 	fptr = mosquitto_fopen(file, "rt", restrict_read);
 	if(fptr == NULL){
 		return MOSQ_ERR_ERRNO;
@@ -444,10 +447,6 @@ int mosquitto_read_file(const char *file, bool restrict_read, char **buf, size_t
 		fclose(fptr);
 		return MOSQ_ERR_ERRNO;
 	}else if(l == 0){
-		*buf = NULL;
-		if(buflen){
-			*buflen = 0;
-		}
 		fclose(fptr);
 		return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
 	}