ci: Use golang-ci linter

.github/workflows/lint.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+on: [push, pull_request]
+name: Lint
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  golangci:
+    name: lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21'
+          cache: false
+      - name: Install PAM
+        run: sudo apt install -y libpam-dev
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          version: v1.54

.golangci.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# This is for linting. To run it, please use:
+# golangci-lint run ${MODULE}/... [--fix]
+
+linters:
+  # linters to run in addition to default ones
+  enable:
+    - dupl
+    - durationcheck
+    - errname
+    - errorlint
+    - exportloopref
+    - forbidigo
+    - forcetypeassert
+    - gci
+    - godot
+    - gofmt
+    - gosec
+    - misspell
+    - nakedret
+    - nolintlint
+    - revive
+    - thelper
+    - tparallel
+    - unconvert
+    - unparam
+    - whitespace
+
+run:
+  timeout: 5m
+
+# Get all linter issues, even if duplicated
+issues:
+  exclude-use-default: false
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
+  max-same-issues: 0
+  fix: false # we don’t want this in CI
+  exclude:
+    # EXC0001 errcheck: most errors are in defer calls, which are safe to ignore and idiomatic Go (would be good to only ignore defer ones though)
+    - 'Error return value of .((os\.)?std(out|err)\..*|.*Close|.*Flush|os\.Remove(All)?|.*print(f|ln)?|os\.(Un)?Setenv|w\.Stop). is not checked'
+    # EXC0008 gosec: duplicated of errcheck
+    - (G104|G307)
+    # EXC0010 gosec: False positive is triggered by 'src, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)'
+    - Potential file inclusion via variable
+    # We don't wrap errors on purpose
+    - non-wrapping format verb for fmt.Errorf. Use `%w` to format errors
+    # We want named parameters even if unused, as they help better document the function
+    - unused-parameter
+    # Sometimes it is more readable it do a `if err:=a(); err != nil` tha simpy `return a()`
+    - if-return
+
+nolintlint:
+  require-explanation: true
+  require-specific: true
+
+linters-settings:
+  # Forbid the usage of deprecated ioutil and debug prints
+  forbidigo:
+    forbid:
+      - ioutil\.
+      - ^print.*$
+  # Never have naked return ever
+  nakedret:
+    max-func-lines: 1

transaction.go

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func cbPAMConv(s C.int, msg *C.char, c C.uintptr_t) (*C.char, C.int) {
 	var err error
 	v := cgo.Handle(c).Value()
 	style := Style(s)
+	var handler ConversationHandler
 	switch cb := v.(type) {
 	case BinaryConversationHandler:
 		if style == BinaryPrompt {
@@ -102,22 +103,27 @@ func cbPAMConv(s C.int, msg *C.char, c C.uintptr_t) (*C.char, C.int) {
 				return nil, C.PAM_CONV_ERR
 			}
 			return (*C.char)(C.CBytes(bytes)), C.PAM_SUCCESS
-		} else {
-			r, err = cb.RespondPAM(style, C.GoString(msg))
 		}
+		handler = cb
 	case ConversationHandler:
 		if style == BinaryPrompt {
 			return nil, C.PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL
 		}
-		r, err = cb.RespondPAM(style, C.GoString(msg))
+		handler = cb
 	}
+	if handler == nil {
+		return nil, C.PAM_CONV_ERR
+	}
+	r, err = handler.RespondPAM(style, C.GoString(msg))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, C.PAM_CONV_ERR
 	}
 	return C.CString(r), C.PAM_SUCCESS
 }
 
 // Transaction is the application's handle for a PAM transaction.
+//
+//nolint:errname
 type Transaction struct {
 	handle *C.pam_handle_t
 	conv   *C.struct_pam_conv
@@ -195,7 +201,7 @@ func start(service, user string, handler ConversationHandler, confDir string) (*
 }
 
 func (t *Transaction) Error() string {
-	return C.GoString(C.pam_strerror(t.handle, C.int(t.status)))
+	return C.GoString(C.pam_strerror(t.handle, t.status))
 }
 
 // Item is a an PAM information type.