Fix compiler warnings with diabled ROS3 and HDFS VFDs.

Fix misuse of [HD]strncpy and [HD]snprintf.
Minor formatting changes.
Fix test cleanup issue with java groups example.

11 files changed, 1416 insertions, 1183 deletions

diff --git a/java/examples/groups/JavaGroupExample.sh.in b/java/examples/groups/JavaGroupExample.sh.in
index 9d4673f..acc606f 100644
--- a/java/examples/groups/JavaGroupExample.sh.in
+++ b/java/examples/groups/JavaGroupExample.sh.in
@@ -179,17 +179,9 @@ COPY_DATAFILES_TO_BLDDIR()
 
 CLEAN_DATAFILES_AND_BLDDIR()
 {
-        $RM $BLDDIR/examples.groups.H5Ex_G_*.txt
-        $RM $BLDDIR/H5Ex_G_*.out
-        $RM $BLDDIR/H5Ex_G_*.h5
-        $RM $BLDDIR/h5ex_g_*.h5
-        SDIR=`$DIRNAME $tstfile`
-        INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-        INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $BLDDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-        if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then            SDIR=`$DIRNAME $tstfile`
-            $RM $BLDDIR/h5ex_g_iterate.h5
-            $RM $BLDDIR/h5ex_g_visit.h5
-        fi
+    $RM $BLDDIR/examples.groups.H5Ex_G_*.txt
+    $RM $BLDDIR/H5Ex_G_*.out
+    $RM $BLDDIR/H5Ex_G_*.h5
 }
 
 COPY_ITERFILES="$LIST_ITER_FILES"
diff --git a/src/H5FDhdfs.c b/src/H5FDhdfs.c
index e3e11b2..83d0202 100644
--- a/src/H5FDhdfs.c
+++ b/src/H5FDhdfs.c
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #endif /* HDFS_STATS */
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+
 /* "unique" identifier for `hdfs_t` structures.
  * Randomly generated by unweighted dice rolls.
  */
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ typedef struct {
  * Purpose:
  *
  *     Contain/retain information associated with a file hosted on Hadoop
- *     Distributed File System (HDFS). Instantiated and populated via 
+ *     Distributed File System (HDFS). Instantiated and populated via
  *     `H5FD_hdfs_handle_open()` and cleaned up via `H5FD_hdfs_handle_close()`.
  *
  *
@@ -179,14 +181,11 @@ typedef struct {
  */
 typedef struct {
     unsigned long  magic;
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     hdfsFS         filesystem;
     hdfsFileInfo  *fileinfo;
-    hdfsFile       file; 
-#endif
+    hdfsFile       file;
 } hdfs_t;
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:   H5FD_hdfs_handle_open
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ H5FD_hdfs_handle_open(
                     "hdfsGetPathInfo failed")
     }
     handle->file = hdfsOpenFile(
-            handle->filesystem, 
+            handle->filesystem,
             path,
             O_RDONLY,
             stream_buffer_size,
@@ -292,18 +291,18 @@ done:
         /* error; clean up */
         HDassert(handle->magic == HDFS_HDFST_MAGIC);
         handle->magic++;
-        if (handle->file != NULL) { 
+        if (handle->file != NULL) {
             if (FAIL == (hdfsCloseFile(handle->filesystem, handle->file))) {
-                HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, NULL, 
+                HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, NULL,
                             "unable to close hdfs file handle")
             }
         }
-        if (handle->fileinfo != NULL) { 
+        if (handle->fileinfo != NULL) {
             hdfsFreeFileInfo(handle->fileinfo, 1);
         }
-        if (handle->filesystem != NULL) { 
+        if (handle->filesystem != NULL) {
             if (FAIL == (hdfsDisconnect(handle->filesystem))) {
-                HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, NULL, 
+                HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, NULL,
                             "unable to disconnect from hdfs")
             }
         }
@@ -351,18 +350,18 @@ H5FD_hdfs_handle_close(hdfs_t *handle)
     }
 
     handle->magic++;
-    if (handle->file != NULL) { 
+    if (handle->file != NULL) {
         if (FAIL == (hdfsCloseFile(handle->filesystem, handle->file))) {
-            HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL, 
+            HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL,
                         "unable to close hdfs file handle")
         }
     }
-    if (handle->fileinfo != NULL) { 
+    if (handle->fileinfo != NULL) {
         hdfsFreeFileInfo(handle->fileinfo, 1);
     }
-    if (handle->filesystem != NULL) { 
+    if (handle->filesystem != NULL) {
         if (FAIL == (hdfsDisconnect(handle->filesystem))) {
-            HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL, 
+            HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL,
                         "unable to disconnect hdfs file system")
         }
     }
@@ -373,6 +372,7 @@ done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
 } /* H5FD_hdfs_close() */
+
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ done:
  *
  * Purpose:
  *
- *     H5FD_hdfs_t is a structure used to store all information needed to 
+ *     H5FD_hdfs_t is a structure used to store all information needed to
  *     maintain R/O access to a single HDF5 file in an HDFS file system.
- *     This structure is created when such a file is "opened" and 
+ *     This structure is created when such a file is "opened" and
  *     discarded when it is "closed".
  *
  *
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ done:
  *
  * `fa` (H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t)
  *
- *     Instance of `H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t` containing the HDFS configuration data 
+ *     Instance of `H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t` containing the HDFS configuration data
  *     needed to "open" the HDF5 file.
  *
  * `eoa` (haddr_t)
@@ -405,9 +405,9 @@ done:
  *     equal the file size.
  *
  * `hdfs_handle` (hdfs_t *)
- *     
+ *
  *     Instance of HDFS Request handle associated with the target resource.
- *     Responsible for communicating with remote host and presenting file 
+ *     Responsible for communicating with remote host and presenting file
  *     contents as indistinguishable from a file on the local filesystem.
  *
  * *** present only if HDFS_SATS is flagged to enable stats collection ***
@@ -456,10 +456,13 @@ typedef struct H5FD_hdfs_t {
  * ADDR_OVERFLOW:   Checks whether a file address of type `haddr_t'
  *                  is too large to be represented by the second argument
  *                  of the file seek function.
+ *                  Only included if HDFS code should compile.
  *
  */
 #define MAXADDR (((haddr_t)1<<(8*sizeof(HDoff_t)-1))-1)
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 #define ADDR_OVERFLOW(A)    (HADDR_UNDEF==(A) || ((A) & ~(haddr_t)MAXADDR))
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 /* Prototypes */
 static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_term(void);
@@ -474,13 +477,13 @@ static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_query(const H5FD_t *_f1, unsigned long *flags);
 static haddr_t H5FD_hdfs_get_eoa(const H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type);
 static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, haddr_t addr);
 static haddr_t H5FD_hdfs_get_eof(const H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type);
-static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_get_handle(H5FD_t *_file, hid_t fapl, 
+static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_get_handle(H5FD_t *_file, hid_t fapl,
                                     void** file_handle);
-static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_read(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, hid_t fapl_id, 
+static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_read(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, hid_t fapl_id,
                                haddr_t addr, size_t size, void *buf);
-static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_write(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, hid_t fapl_id, 
+static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_write(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, hid_t fapl_id,
                                haddr_t addr, size_t size, const void *buf);
-static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_truncate(H5FD_t *_file, hid_t dxpl_id, 
+static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_truncate(H5FD_t *_file, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                   hbool_t closing);
 static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_lock(H5FD_t *_file, hbool_t rw);
 static herr_t  H5FD_hdfs_unlock(H5FD_t *_file);
@@ -521,8 +524,10 @@ static const H5FD_class_t H5FD_hdfs_g = {
     H5FD_FLMAP_DICHOTOMY        /* fl_map               */
 };
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 /* Declare a free list to manage the H5FD_hdfs_t struct */
 H5FL_DEFINE_STATIC(H5FD_hdfs_t);
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -545,7 +550,7 @@ H5FD__init_package(void)
     FUNC_ENTER_STATIC
 
     if (H5FD_hdfs_init() < 0) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL,
                     "unable to initialize hdfs VFD")
     }
 
@@ -643,8 +648,8 @@ H5FD_hdfs_term(void)
  * Function:    H5Pset_fapl_hdfs
  *
  * Purpose:     Modify the file access property list to use the H5FD_HDFS
- *              driver defined in this source file.  All driver specfic 
- *              properties are passed in as a pointer to a suitably 
+ *              driver defined in this source file.  All driver specfic
+ *              properties are passed in as a pointer to a suitably
  *              initialized instance of H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t
  *
  * Return:      SUCCEED/FAIL
@@ -658,7 +663,7 @@ H5FD_hdfs_term(void)
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5Pset_fapl_hdfs(hid_t             fapl_id, 
+H5Pset_fapl_hdfs(hid_t             fapl_id,
                  H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t *fa)
 {
     H5P_genplist_t *plist     = NULL; /* Property list pointer */
@@ -674,7 +679,7 @@ H5Pset_fapl_hdfs(hid_t             fapl_id,
 #endif
 
     plist = H5P_object_verify(fapl_id, H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
-    if (plist == NULL) { 
+    if (plist == NULL) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, \
                     "not a file access property list")
     }
@@ -699,12 +704,12 @@ done:
  *              contains internally consistant data.  Return SUCCEED if so,
  *              and FAIL otherwise.
  *
- *              Note the difference between internally consistant and 
- *              correct.  As we will have to try to access the target 
+ *              Note the difference between internally consistant and
+ *              correct.  As we will have to try to access the target
  *              object to determine whether the supplied data is correct,
  *              we will settle for internal consistancy at this point
  *
- * Return:      SUCCEED if instance of H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t contains internally 
+ * Return:      SUCCEED if instance of H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t contains internally
  *              consistant data, FAIL otherwise.
  *
  * Programmer:  Jacob Smith
@@ -761,7 +766,7 @@ done:
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5Pget_fapl_hdfs(hid_t             fapl_id, 
+H5Pget_fapl_hdfs(hid_t             fapl_id,
                  H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t *fa_out)
 {
     const H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t *fa        = NULL;
@@ -832,7 +837,7 @@ H5FD_hdfs_fapl_get(H5FD_t *_file)
 
     fa = (H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t *)H5MM_calloc(sizeof(H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t));
     if (fa == NULL) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL,
                     "memory allocation failed")
     }
 
@@ -878,7 +883,7 @@ H5FD_hdfs_fapl_copy(const void *_old_fa)
 
     new_fa = (H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t));
     if (new_fa == NULL) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL,
                     "memory allocation failed")
     }
 
@@ -916,7 +921,7 @@ H5FD_hdfs_fapl_free(void *_fa)
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
-    HDassert(fa != NULL); /* sanity check */ 
+    HDassert(fa != NULL); /* sanity check */
 
     H5MM_xfree(fa);
 
@@ -994,11 +999,11 @@ done:
  *     Create and/or opens a file as an HDF5 file.
  *
  *     Any flag except H5F_ACC_RDONLY will cause an error.
- * 
+ *
  * Return:
  *
- *     Success: A pointer to a new file data structure. 
- *              The public fields will be initialized by the caller, which is 
+ *     Success: A pointer to a new file data structure.
+ *              The public fields will be initialized by the caller, which is
  *              always H5FD_open().
  *
  *     Failure: NULL
@@ -1010,26 +1015,21 @@ done:
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 static H5FD_t *
 H5FD_hdfs_open(
-        const char *path, 
-        unsigned    flags, 
-        hid_t       fapl_id, 
+        const char *path,
+        unsigned    flags,
+        hid_t       fapl_id,
         haddr_t     maxaddr)
 {
     H5FD_t           *ret_value = NULL;
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     H5FD_hdfs_t      *file      = NULL;
     hdfs_t           *handle    = NULL;
     H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t  fa;
-#endif
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, NULL,
-                "Illegal open of unsupported virtual file (hdfs)");
-#else
 #if HDFS_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_open() called.\n");
 #endif /* HDFS_DEBUG */
@@ -1078,11 +1078,11 @@ H5FD_hdfs_open(
 
     HDassert(handle->magic == HDFS_HDFST_MAGIC);
 
-    /* create new file struct 
+    /* create new file struct
      */
     file = H5FL_CALLOC(H5FD_hdfs_t);
     if (file == NULL) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL,
                     "unable to allocate file struct")
     }
     file->hdfs_handle = handle;
@@ -1090,33 +1090,53 @@ H5FD_hdfs_open(
 
 #if HDFS_STATS
     if (FAIL == hdfs_reset_stats(file)) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_UNINITIALIZED, NULL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_UNINITIALIZED, NULL,
                     "unable to reset file statistics")
     }
 #endif /* HDFS_STATS */
 
     ret_value = (H5FD_t*)file;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 done:
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     if (ret_value == NULL) {
-        if (handle != NULL) { 
+        if (handle != NULL) {
             if (FAIL == H5FD_hdfs_handle_close(handle)) {
-                HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, NULL, 
+                HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, NULL,
                             "unable to close HDFS file handle")
             }
         }
         if (file != NULL) {
             file = H5FL_FREE(H5FD_hdfs_t, file);
         }
-    } /* if null return value (error) */
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+    } /* end if null return value (error) */
+
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+
+} /* H5FD_hdfs_open() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS not defined */
+
+static H5FD_t *
+H5FD_hdfs_open(
+        const char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *path,
+        unsigned   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  flags,
+        hid_t      H5_ATTR_UNUSED  fapl_id,
+        haddr_t    H5_ATTR_UNUSED  maxaddr)
+{
+    H5FD_t           *ret_value = NULL;
+
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
+
+    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, NULL,
+                "Illegal open of unsupported virtual file (hdfs)");
 
+done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
 } /* H5FD_hdfs_open() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 #if HDFS_STATS
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1124,7 +1144,7 @@ done:
  * Function: hdfs_fprint_stats()
  *
  * Purpose:
- * 
+ *
  *     Tabulate and pretty-print statistics for this virtual file.
  *
  *     Should be called upon file close.
@@ -1145,17 +1165,17 @@ done:
  *         - max (largest size read)
  *     2. tabulation of "bins", sepraring reads into exponentially-larger
  *        ranges of size.
- *         - columns for number of reads, total bytes, and average size, with 
+ *         - columns for number of reads, total bytes, and average size, with
  *           separate sub-colums for raw- and metadata reads.
  *         - each row represents one bin, identified by the top of its range
- *     
+ *
  *     Bin ranges can be modified with pound-defines at the top of this file.
  *
  *     Bins without any reads in their bounds are not printed.
  *
  *     An "overflow" bin is also present, to catch "big" reads.
  *
- *     Output for all bins (and range ceiling and average size report) 
+ *     Output for all bins (and range ceiling and average size report)
  *     is divied by powers of 1024. By corollary, four digits before the decimal
  *     is valid.
  *
@@ -1216,36 +1236,6 @@ hdfs_fprint_stats(
                     "hdfs handle has invalid magic")
     }
 
-    /* TODO: See what libhdfs exposes to us. */
-
-#if 0
-    if (file->s3r_handle->purl == NULL) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
-                    "parsed url structure cannot be null")
-    }
-    purl = file->s3r_handle->purl;
-
-    /******************
-     * PRINT FILENAME *
-     ******************/
-
-    HDfprintf(stream, "stats for %s://%s", purl->scheme, purl->host);
-    if (purl->port != NULL && purl->port[0] != '\0') {
-        HDfprintf(stream, ":%s", purl->port);
-    }
-    if (purl->query != NULL && purl->query[0] != '\0') {
-        if (purl->path != NULL && purl->path[0] != '\0') {
-            HDfprintf(stream, "/%s", purl->path);
-        } else {
-            HDfprintf(stream, "/");
-        }
-        HDfprintf(stream, "?%s", purl->query);
-    } else if (purl->path != NULL && purl->path[0] != '\0') {
-        HDfprintf(stream, "/%s", purl->path);
-    }
-    HDfprintf(stream, "\n");
-#endif
-
     /*******************
      * AGGREGATE STATS *
      *******************/
@@ -1254,18 +1244,22 @@ hdfs_fprint_stats(
         const hdfs_statsbin *r = &file->raw[i];
         const hdfs_statsbin *m = &file->meta[i];
 
-        if (m->min < min_meta)  min_meta = m->min;
-        if (r->min < min_raw)   min_raw  = r->min;
-        if (m->max > max_meta)  max_meta = m->max;
-        if (r->max > max_raw)   max_raw  = r->max;
+        if (m->min < min_meta)  { min_meta = m->min; }
+        if (r->min < min_raw)   { min_raw  = r->min; }
+        if (m->max > max_meta)  { max_meta = m->max; }
+        if (r->max > max_raw)   { max_raw  = r->max; }
 
         count_raw  += r->count;
         count_meta += m->count;
         bytes_raw  += r->bytes;
         bytes_meta += m->bytes;
     }
-    if (count_raw  > 0) average_raw  = (double)bytes_raw / (double)count_raw;
-    if (count_meta > 0) average_meta = (double)bytes_meta / (double)count_meta;
+    if (count_raw  > 0) {
+        average_raw  = (double)bytes_raw / (double)count_raw;
+    }
+    if (count_meta > 0) {
+        average_meta = (double)bytes_meta / (double)count_meta;
+    }
 
     /******************
      * PRINT OVERVIEW *
@@ -1342,9 +1336,9 @@ hdfs_fprint_stats(
      * PRINT INDIVIDUAL BIN STATS *
      ******************************/
 
-    HDfprintf(stream, 
+    HDfprintf(stream,
         "BINS             # of reads      total bytes         average size\n");
-    HDfprintf(stream, 
+    HDfprintf(stream,
         "    up-to      meta     raw     meta      raw       meta      raw\n");
 
     for (i = 0; i <= HDFS_STATS_BIN_COUNT; i++) {
@@ -1414,7 +1408,7 @@ hdfs_fprint_stats(
         HDassert(suffix_i < sizeof(suffixes));
 
         HDfprintf(
-                stream, 
+                stream,
                 " %8.3f%c %7d %7d %8.3f%c %8.3f%c %8.3f%c %8.3f%c\n",
                 re_dub, suffixes[suffix_i], /* bin ceiling      */
                 m->count,                   /* metadata reads   */
@@ -1428,7 +1422,6 @@ hdfs_fprint_stats(
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
-    
 } /* hdfs_fprint_stats */
 #endif /* HDFS_STATS */
 
@@ -1442,7 +1435,7 @@ done:
  *     Close an HDF5 file.
  *
  * Return:
- * 
+ *
  *     SUCCEED/FAIL
  *
  * Programmer: Jacob Smith
@@ -1452,35 +1445,31 @@ done:
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+
 static herr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_close(H5FD_t *_file)
 {
     herr_t       ret_value = SUCCEED;
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     H5FD_hdfs_t *file      = (H5FD_hdfs_t *)_file;
-#endif
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL,
-                "Illegal close of unsupported Virtual File (hdfs)")
-#else
 #if HDFS_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_close() called.\n");
 #endif
 
-    /* Sanity checks 
+    /* Sanity checks
      */
     HDassert(file != NULL);
     HDassert(file->hdfs_handle != NULL);
     HDassert(file->hdfs_handle->magic == HDFS_HDFST_MAGIC);
 
-    /* Close the underlying request handle 
+    /* Close the underlying request handle
      */
-    if (file->hdfs_handle != NULL) { 
+    if (file->hdfs_handle != NULL) {
         if (FAIL == H5FD_hdfs_handle_close(file->hdfs_handle)) {
-            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL, 
+            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL,
                         "unable to close HDFS file handle")
         }
     }
@@ -1488,21 +1477,37 @@ H5FD_hdfs_close(H5FD_t *_file)
 #if HDFS_STATS
     /* TODO: mechanism to re-target stats printout */
     if (FAIL == hdfs_fprint_stats(stdout, file)) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_ERROR, FAIL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_ERROR, FAIL,
                     "problem while writing file statistics")
     }
 #endif /* HDFS_STATS */
 
-    /* Release the file info 
+    /* Release the file info
      */
     file = H5FL_FREE(H5FD_hdfs_t, file);
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5FD_hdfs_close() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS not defined */
+
+static herr_t
+H5FD_hdfs_close(H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file)
+{
+    herr_t       ret_value = SUCCEED;
 
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
+
+    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL,
+                "Illegal close of unsupported Virtual File (hdfs)")
+
+done:
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 } /* end H5FD_hdfs_close() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1527,21 +1532,21 @@ done:
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+
 static int
-H5FD_hdfs_cmp(const H5FD_t *_f1,
-              const H5FD_t *_f2)
+H5FD_hdfs_cmp(
+        const H5FD_t *_f1,
+        const H5FD_t *_f2)
 {
     int                ret_value = 0;
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     const H5FD_hdfs_t *f1        = (const H5FD_hdfs_t *)_f1;
     const H5FD_hdfs_t *f2        = (const H5FD_hdfs_t *)_f2;
     hdfsFileInfo      *finfo1    = NULL;
     hdfsFileInfo      *finfo2    = NULL;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 #if HDFS_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_cmp() called.\n");
 #endif /* HDFS_DEBUG */
@@ -1556,23 +1561,37 @@ H5FD_hdfs_cmp(const H5FD_t *_f1,
     HDassert(finfo1 != NULL);
     HDassert(finfo2 != NULL);
 
-    if (finfo1->mKind        != finfo2->mKind)        HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    if (finfo1->mName        != finfo2->mName)        HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    if (finfo1->mLastMod     != finfo2->mLastMod)     HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    if (finfo1->mSize        != finfo2->mSize)        HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    if (finfo1->mReplication != finfo2->mReplication) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    if (finfo1->mBlockSize   != finfo2->mBlockSize)   HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    if (strcmp(finfo1->mOwner, finfo2->mOwner))       HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    if (strcmp(finfo1->mGroup, finfo2->mGroup))       HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    if (finfo1->mPermissions != finfo2->mPermissions) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    if (finfo1->mLastAccess  != finfo2->mLastAccess)  HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+    if (finfo1->mKind        != finfo2->mKind)        { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
+    if (finfo1->mName        != finfo2->mName)        { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
+    if (finfo1->mLastMod     != finfo2->mLastMod)     { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
+    if (finfo1->mSize        != finfo2->mSize)        { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
+    if (finfo1->mReplication != finfo2->mReplication) { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
+    if (finfo1->mBlockSize   != finfo2->mBlockSize)   { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
+    if (strcmp(finfo1->mOwner, finfo2->mOwner))       { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
+    if (strcmp(finfo1->mGroup, finfo2->mGroup))       { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
+    if (finfo1->mPermissions != finfo2->mPermissions) { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
+    if (finfo1->mLastAccess  != finfo2->mLastAccess)  { HGOTO_DONE(-1); }
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* H5FD_hdfs_cmp() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS not defined */
+
+static int
+H5FD_hdfs_cmp(
+        const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_f1,
+        const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_f2)
+{
+    int                ret_value = 0;
 
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 } /* H5FD_hdfs_cmp() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    H5FD_hdfs_query
@@ -1580,7 +1599,7 @@ done:
  * Purpose:     Set the flags that this VFL driver is capable of supporting.
  *              (listed in H5FDpublic.h)
  *
- *              Note that since the HDFS VFD is read only, most flags 
+ *              Note that since the HDFS VFD is read only, most flags
  *              are irrelevant.
  *
  *              The term "set" is highly misleading...
@@ -1595,7 +1614,7 @@ done:
  */
 static herr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_query(
-        const H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file, 
+        const H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
         unsigned long                *flags) /* out variable */
 {
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
@@ -1606,11 +1625,10 @@ H5FD_hdfs_query(
 
     if (flags) {
         *flags = 0;
-        *flags |= H5FD_FEAT_DATA_SIEVE; 
+        *flags |= H5FD_FEAT_DATA_SIEVE;
     }
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
-
 } /* H5FD_hdfs_query() */
 
 
@@ -1635,14 +1653,14 @@ H5FD_hdfs_query(
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+
 static haddr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_get_eoa(
-        const H5FD_t                *_file, 
+        const H5FD_t                *_file,
         H5FD_mem_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     const H5FD_hdfs_t *file = (const H5FD_hdfs_t *)_file;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
@@ -1650,14 +1668,27 @@ H5FD_hdfs_get_eoa(
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_get_eoa() called.\n");
 #endif
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(file->eoa)
-#else
-    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(0)
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+} /* end H5FD_hdfs_get_eoa() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS not defined */
+
+static haddr_t
+H5FD_hdfs_get_eoa(
+        const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
+        H5FD_mem_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type)
+{
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
+#if HDFS_DEBUG
+    HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_get_eoa() called.\n");
+#endif
+
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(0)
 } /* end H5FD_hdfs_get_eoa() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1678,15 +1709,15 @@ H5FD_hdfs_get_eoa(
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+
 static herr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa(
-        H5FD_t                    *_file, 
-        H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type, 
+        H5FD_t                    *_file,
+        H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type,
         haddr_t                    addr)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     H5FD_hdfs_t *file = (H5FD_hdfs_t *)_file;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
@@ -1694,16 +1725,30 @@ H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa(
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa() called.\n");
 #endif
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     file->eoa = addr;
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
-#else
-    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(FAIL)
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+} /* H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS not defined */
+
+static herr_t
+H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa(
+        H5FD_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
+        H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type,
+        haddr_t    H5_ATTR_UNUSED  addr)
+{
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
+#if HDFS_DEBUG
+    HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa() called.\n");
+#endif
+
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(FAIL)
 } /* H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1715,7 +1760,7 @@ H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa(
  *
  * Return:
  *
- *     EOF: the first address past the end of the "file", either the 
+ *     EOF: the first address past the end of the "file", either the
  *     filesystem file or the HDF5 file.
  *
  * Programmer: Jacob Smith
@@ -1723,14 +1768,14 @@ H5FD_hdfs_set_eoa(
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+
 static haddr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_get_eof(
-        const H5FD_t                *_file, 
+        const H5FD_t                *_file,
         H5FD_mem_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     const H5FD_hdfs_t *file = (const H5FD_hdfs_t *)_file;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
@@ -1738,17 +1783,30 @@ H5FD_hdfs_get_eof(
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_get_eof() called.\n");
 #endif
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     HDassert(file->hdfs_handle != NULL);
     HDassert(file->hdfs_handle->magic == HDFS_HDFST_MAGIC);
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI((size_t) file->hdfs_handle->fileinfo->mSize)
-#else
-    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI((size_t)0)
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+} /* end H5FD_hdfs_get_eof() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS not defined */
+
+static haddr_t
+H5FD_hdfs_get_eof(
+        const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
+        H5FD_mem_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type)
+{
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
+#if HDFS_DEBUG
+    HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_get_eof() called.\n");
+#endif
+
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI((size_t)0)
 } /* end H5FD_hdfs_get_eof() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1769,16 +1827,16 @@ H5FD_hdfs_get_eof(
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+
 static herr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_get_handle(
-        H5FD_t                 *_file, 
-        hid_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED   fapl, 
+        H5FD_t                 *_file,
+        hid_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED   fapl,
         void                  **file_handle)
 {
     herr_t       ret_value = SUCCEED;
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     H5FD_hdfs_t *file      = (H5FD_hdfs_t *)_file;
-#endif
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
@@ -1786,29 +1844,48 @@ H5FD_hdfs_get_handle(
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_get_handle() called.\n");
 #endif /* HDFS_DEBUG */
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     if (!file_handle) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "file handle not valid")
     }
 
     *file_handle = file->hdfs_handle;
-#else
+
+done:
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5FD_hdfs_get_handle() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS not defined */
+
+static herr_t
+H5FD_hdfs_get_handle(
+        H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  *_file,
+        hid_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED   fapl,
+        void   H5_ATTR_UNUSED **file_handle)
+{
+    herr_t       ret_value = SUCCEED;
+
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
+
+#if HDFS_DEBUG
+    HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_get_handle() called.\n");
+#endif /* HDFS_DEBUG */
+
     HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, FAIL,
                 "Illegal get-handle of unsupported virtual file (hdfs)");
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
-
 } /* end H5FD_hdfs_get_handle() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_hdfs_read()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Reads SIZE bytes of data from FILE beginning at address ADDR
  *     into buffer BUF according to data transfer properties in DXPL_ID.
@@ -1828,20 +1905,20 @@ done:
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+
 static herr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_read(
-        H5FD_t                    *_file, 
-        H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type, 
+        H5FD_t                    *_file,
+        H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type,
         hid_t      H5_ATTR_UNUSED  dxpl_id,
         haddr_t                    addr, /* start offset   */
         size_t                     size, /* length of read */
         void                      *buf)  /* out            */
 {
     herr_t       ret_value = SUCCEED;
-#if H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     H5FD_hdfs_t *file      = (H5FD_hdfs_t *)_file;
     size_t       filesize  = 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 #if HDFS_STATS
     /* working variables for storing stats */
     hdfs_statsbin *bin   = NULL;
@@ -1854,10 +1931,6 @@ H5FD_hdfs_read(
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_read() called.\n");
 #endif /* HDFS_DEBUG */
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, FAIL,
-                "Illegal get-handle of unsupported virtual file (hdfs)");
-#else
     HDassert(file != NULL);
     HDassert(file->hdfs_handle != NULL);
     HDassert(file->hdfs_handle->magic == HDFS_HDFST_MAGIC);
@@ -1894,37 +1967,64 @@ H5FD_hdfs_read(
         ? &file->raw[bin_i]
         : &file->meta[bin_i];
 
-    /* Store collected stats in appropriate bin 
+    /* Store collected stats in appropriate bin
      */
     if (bin->count == 0) {
         bin->min = size;
         bin->max = size;
-    } else {
-        if (size < bin->min) bin->min = size;
-        if (size > bin->max) bin->max = size;
+    }
+    else {
+        if (size < bin->min) { bin->min = size; }
+        if (size > bin->max) { bin->max = size; }
     }
     bin->count++;
     bin->bytes += (unsigned long long)size;
 
 #endif /* HDFS_STATS */
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5FD_hdfs_read() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS not defined */
+
+static herr_t
+H5FD_hdfs_read(
+        H5FD_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
+        H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type,
+        hid_t      H5_ATTR_UNUSED  dxpl_id,
+        haddr_t    H5_ATTR_UNUSED  addr,
+        size_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED  size,
+        void       H5_ATTR_UNUSED *buf)
+{
+    herr_t       ret_value = SUCCEED;
+
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
+
+#if HDFS_DEBUG
+    HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_hdfs_read() called.\n");
+#endif /* HDFS_DEBUG */
+
+    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_UNSUPPORTED, FAIL,
+                "Illegal get-handle of unsupported virtual file (hdfs)");
 
+done:
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 } /* end H5FD_hdfs_read() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_hdfs_write()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Write bytes to file.
  *     UNSUPPORTED IN READ-ONLY HDFS VFD.
  *
- * Return: 
+ * Return:
  *
  *     FAIL (Not possible with Read-Only S3 file.)
  *
@@ -1937,11 +2037,11 @@ done:
  */
 static herr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_write(
-        H5FD_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file, 
-        H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type, 
+        H5FD_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
+        H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type,
         hid_t      H5_ATTR_UNUSED  dxpl_id,
-        haddr_t    H5_ATTR_UNUSED  addr, 
-        size_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED  size, 
+        haddr_t    H5_ATTR_UNUSED  addr,
+        size_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED  size,
         const void H5_ATTR_UNUSED *buf)
 {
     herr_t ret_value = FAIL;
@@ -1957,7 +2057,6 @@ H5FD_hdfs_write(
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
-
 } /* H5FD_hdfs_write() */
 
 
@@ -1985,8 +2084,8 @@ done:
  */
 static herr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_truncate(
-        H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file, 
-        hid_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  dxpl_id, 
+        H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
+        hid_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  dxpl_id,
         hbool_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  closing)
 {
     herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED;
@@ -2002,7 +2101,6 @@ H5FD_hdfs_truncate(
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
-
 } /* end H5FD_hdfs_truncate() */
 
 
@@ -2031,12 +2129,11 @@ done:
  */
 static herr_t
 H5FD_hdfs_lock(
-        H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file, 
+        H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
         hbool_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  rw)
 {
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
-
 } /* end H5FD_hdfs_lock() */
 
 
@@ -2065,6 +2162,5 @@ H5FD_hdfs_unlock(H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file)
 {
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
-
 } /* end H5FD_hdfs_unlock() */
 
diff --git a/src/H5FDros3.c b/src/H5FDros3.c
index 86642aa..18f1f91 100644
--- a/src/H5FDros3.c
+++ b/src/H5FDros3.c
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Read-Only S3 Virtual File Driver (VFD)                                   
+ * Read-Only S3 Virtual File Driver (VFD)
  *
  * Programmer: Jacob Smith <jake.smith@hdfgroup.org>
  *             2017-10-13
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Provide read-only access to files hosted on Amazon's S3 service.
  *     Relies on "s3comms" utility layer to implement the AWS REST API.
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ typedef struct {
  *
  * Purpose:
  *
- *     H5FD_ros3_t is a structure used to store all information needed to 
+ *     H5FD_ros3_t is a structure used to store all information needed to
  *     maintain R/O access to a single HDF5 file that has been stored as a
- *     S3 object.  This structure is created when such a file is "opened" and 
+ *     S3 object.  This structure is created when such a file is "opened" and
  *     discarded when it is "closed".
  *
  *     Presents an S3 object as a file to the HDF5 library.
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ typedef struct {
  *
  * `fa` (H5FD_ros3_fapl_t)
  *
- *     Instance of `H5FD_ros3_fapl_t` containing the S3 configuration data 
+ *     Instance of `H5FD_ros3_fapl_t` containing the S3 configuration data
  *     needed to "open" the HDF5 file.
  *
  * `eoa` (haddr_t)
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ typedef struct {
  *     equal the file size.
  *
  * `s3r_handle` (s3r_t *)
- *     
+ *
  *     Instance of S3 Request handle associated with the target resource.
- *     Responsible for communicating with remote host and presenting file 
+ *     Responsible for communicating with remote host and presenting file
  *     contents as indistinguishable from a file on the local filesystem.
  *
  * *** present only if ROS3_SATS is flagged to enable stats collection ***
@@ -211,10 +211,13 @@ typedef struct H5FD_ros3_t {
  * ADDR_OVERFLOW:   Checks whether a file address of type `haddr_t'
  *                  is too large to be represented by the second argument
  *                  of the file seek function.
+ *                  Only included if it may be used -- ROS3 VFD is enabled.
  *
  */
 #define MAXADDR (((haddr_t)1<<(8*sizeof(HDoff_t)-1))-1)
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 #define ADDR_OVERFLOW(A)    (HADDR_UNDEF==(A) || ((A) & ~(haddr_t)MAXADDR))
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
 /* Prototypes */
 static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_term(void);
@@ -229,13 +232,13 @@ static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_query(const H5FD_t *_f1, unsigned long *flags);
 static haddr_t H5FD_ros3_get_eoa(const H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type);
 static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_set_eoa(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, haddr_t addr);
 static haddr_t H5FD_ros3_get_eof(const H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type);
-static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_get_handle(H5FD_t *_file, hid_t fapl, 
+static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_get_handle(H5FD_t *_file, hid_t fapl,
                                     void** file_handle);
-static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_read(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, hid_t fapl_id, 
+static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_read(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, hid_t fapl_id,
                                haddr_t addr, size_t size, void *buf);
-static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_write(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, hid_t fapl_id, 
+static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_write(H5FD_t *_file, H5FD_mem_t type, hid_t fapl_id,
                                haddr_t addr, size_t size, const void *buf);
-static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_truncate(H5FD_t *_file, hid_t dxpl_id, 
+static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_truncate(H5FD_t *_file, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                   hbool_t closing);
 static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_lock(H5FD_t *_file, hbool_t rw);
 static herr_t  H5FD_ros3_unlock(H5FD_t *_file);
@@ -276,8 +279,10 @@ static const H5FD_class_t H5FD_ros3_g = {
     H5FD_FLMAP_DICHOTOMY        /* fl_map               */
 };
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 /* Declare a free list to manage the H5FD_ros3_t struct */
 H5FL_DEFINE_STATIC(H5FD_ros3_t);
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -300,14 +305,14 @@ H5FD__init_package(void)
     FUNC_ENTER_STATIC
 
     if (H5FD_ros3_init() < 0) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL,
                     "unable to initialize ros3 VFD")
     }
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
-} /* H5FD__init_package() */
+} /* end H5FD__init_package() */
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -330,7 +335,7 @@ done:
 hid_t
 H5FD_ros3_init(void)
 {
-    hid_t ret_value = H5I_INVALID_HID; /* Return value */
+    hid_t ret_value = H5I_INVALID_HID;
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI(FAIL)
 
@@ -388,6 +393,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_term(void)
     H5FD_ROS3_g = 0;
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
+
 } /* end H5FD_ros3_term() */
 
 
@@ -395,8 +401,8 @@ H5FD_ros3_term(void)
  * Function:    H5Pset_fapl_ros3
  *
  * Purpose:     Modify the file access property list to use the H5FD_ROS3
- *              driver defined in this source file.  All driver specfic 
- *              properties are passed in as a pointer to a suitably 
+ *              driver defined in this source file.  All driver specfic
+ *              properties are passed in as a pointer to a suitably
  *              initialized instance of H5FD_ros3_fapl_t
  *
  * Return:      SUCCEED/FAIL
@@ -407,14 +413,12 @@ H5FD_ros3_term(void)
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5Pset_fapl_ros3(hid_t             fapl_id, 
+H5Pset_fapl_ros3(hid_t             fapl_id,
                  H5FD_ros3_fapl_t *fa)
 {
     H5P_genplist_t *plist     = NULL; /* Property list pointer */
     herr_t          ret_value = FAIL;
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_API(FAIL)
     H5TRACE2("e", "i*x", fapl_id, fa);
 
@@ -425,21 +429,21 @@ H5Pset_fapl_ros3(hid_t             fapl_id,
 #endif
 
     plist = H5P_object_verify(fapl_id, H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
-    if (plist == NULL) { 
+    if (plist == NULL) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, \
                     "not a file access property list")
     }
 
-    if (FAIL == H5FD_ros3_validate_config(fa))
+    if (FAIL == H5FD_ros3_validate_config(fa)) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "invalid ros3 config")
+    }
 
     ret_value = H5P_set_driver(plist, H5FD_ROS3, (void *)fa);
 
 done:
-
     FUNC_LEAVE_API(ret_value)
 
-} /* H5Pset_fapl_ros3() */
+} /* end H5Pset_fapl_ros3() */
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -449,12 +453,12 @@ done:
  *              contains internally consistant data.  Return SUCCEED if so,
  *              and FAIL otherwise.
  *
- *              Note the difference between internally consistant and 
- *              correct.  As we will have to try to access the target 
+ *              Note the difference between internally consistant and
+ *              correct.  As we will have to try to access the target
  *              object to determine whether the supplied data is correct,
  *              we will settle for internal consistancy at this point
  *
- * Return:      SUCCEED if instance of H5FD_ros3_fapl_t contains internally 
+ * Return:      SUCCEED if instance of H5FD_ros3_fapl_t contains internally
  *              consistant data, FAIL otherwise.
  *
  * Programmer:  Jacob Smith
@@ -494,7 +498,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_validate_config(const H5FD_ros3_fapl_t * fa)
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
-} /* H5FD_ros3_validate_config() */
+} /* end H5FD_ros3_validate_config() */
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -515,12 +519,12 @@ done:
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5Pget_fapl_ros3(hid_t             fapl_id, 
+H5Pget_fapl_ros3(hid_t             fapl_id,
                  H5FD_ros3_fapl_t *fa_out)
 {
-    const H5FD_ros3_fapl_t *fa;
-    H5P_genplist_t         *plist     = NULL;    /* Property list pointer */
-    herr_t                  ret_value = SUCCEED; /* Return value */
+    const H5FD_ros3_fapl_t *fa        = NULL;
+    H5P_genplist_t         *plist     = NULL;
+    herr_t                  ret_value = SUCCEED;
 
     FUNC_ENTER_API(FAIL)
     H5TRACE2("e", "i*x", fapl_id, fa_out);
@@ -529,8 +533,9 @@ H5Pget_fapl_ros3(hid_t             fapl_id,
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5Pget_fapl_ros3() called.\n");
 #endif
 
-    if (fa_out == NULL)
+    if (fa_out == NULL) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "fa_out is NULL")
+    }
 
     plist = H5P_object_verify(fapl_id, H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
     if (plist == NULL) {
@@ -552,7 +557,7 @@ H5Pget_fapl_ros3(hid_t             fapl_id,
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_API(ret_value)
 
-} /* H5Pget_fapl_ros3() */
+} /* end H5Pget_fapl_ros3() */
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -583,7 +588,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_fapl_get(H5FD_t *_file)
 
     fa = (H5FD_ros3_fapl_t *)H5MM_calloc(sizeof(H5FD_ros3_fapl_t));
     if (fa == NULL) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL,
                     "memory allocation failed")
     }
 
@@ -595,12 +600,13 @@ H5FD_ros3_fapl_get(H5FD_t *_file)
 
 done:
     if (ret_value == NULL) {
-        if (fa != NULL)
-            H5MM_xfree(fa); 
+        if (fa != NULL) {
+            H5MM_xfree(fa);
+        }
     }
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
-} /* H5FD_ros3_fapl_get() */
+} /* end H5FD_ros3_fapl_get() */
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -624,13 +630,13 @@ H5FD_ros3_fapl_copy(const void *_old_fa)
 {
     const H5FD_ros3_fapl_t *old_fa    = (const H5FD_ros3_fapl_t*)_old_fa;
     H5FD_ros3_fapl_t       *new_fa    = NULL;
-    void                   *ret_value = NULL;     /* Return value */
+    void                   *ret_value = NULL;
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
     new_fa = (H5FD_ros3_fapl_t *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(H5FD_ros3_fapl_t));
     if (new_fa == NULL) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL,
                     "memory allocation failed");
     }
 
@@ -639,12 +645,13 @@ H5FD_ros3_fapl_copy(const void *_old_fa)
 
 done:
     if (ret_value == NULL) {
-        if (new_fa != NULL)
+        if (new_fa != NULL) {
             H5MM_xfree(new_fa);
+        }
     }
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
-} /* H5FD_ros3_fapl_copy() */
+} /* end H5FD_ros3_fapl_copy() */
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -668,13 +675,13 @@ H5FD_ros3_fapl_free(void *_fa)
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
-    HDassert(fa != NULL); /* sanity check */ 
+    HDassert(fa != NULL); /* sanity check */
 
     H5MM_xfree(fa);
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
 
-} /* H5FD_ros3_fapl_free() */
+} /* end H5FD_ros3_fapl_free() */
 
 #if ROS3_STATS
 
@@ -707,7 +714,6 @@ ros3_reset_stats(H5FD_ros3_t *file)
     unsigned i         = 0;
     herr_t   ret_value = SUCCEED;
 
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
 #if ROS3_DEBUG
@@ -734,7 +740,8 @@ ros3_reset_stats(H5FD_ros3_t *file)
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
 
-} /* ros3_reset_stats */
+} /* end ros3_reset_stats() */
+
 #endif /* ROS3_STATS */
 
 
@@ -747,10 +754,10 @@ done:
  *     Create and/or opens a file as an HDF5 file.
  *
  *     Any flag except H5F_ACC_RDONLY will cause an error.
- * 
+ *
  *     Name (as received from `H5FD_open()`) must conform to web url:
  *         NAME   :: HTTP "://" DOMAIN [PORT] ["/" [URI] [QUERY] ]
- *         HTTP   :: "http" [ "s" ] 
+ *         HTTP   :: "http" [ "s" ]
  *         DOMAIN :: e.g., "mybucket.host.org"
  *         PORT   :: ":" <number> (e.g., ":9000" )
  *         URI    :: <string> (e.g., "path/to/resource.hd5" )
@@ -758,8 +765,8 @@ done:
  *
  * Return:
  *
- *     Success: A pointer to a new file data structure. 
- *              The public fields will be initialized by the caller, which is 
+ *     Success: A pointer to a new file data structure.
+ *              The public fields will be initialized by the caller, which is
  *              always H5FD_open().
  *
  *     Failure: NULL
@@ -771,32 +778,31 @@ done:
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+
 static H5FD_t *
-H5FD_ros3_open(const char *url, 
-               unsigned    flags, 
-               hid_t       fapl_id, 
-               haddr_t     maxaddr)
+H5FD_ros3_open(
+        const char *url,
+        unsigned    flags,
+        hid_t       fapl_id,
+        haddr_t     maxaddr)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     H5FD_ros3_t      *file      = NULL;
     struct tm        *now       = NULL;
     char              iso8601now[ISO8601_SIZE];
     unsigned char     signing_key[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
     s3r_t            *handle    = NULL;
     H5FD_ros3_fapl_t  fa;
-#endif
     H5FD_t           *ret_value = NULL;
 
 
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 
 #if ROS3_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_ros3_open() called.\n");
 #endif
 
-
     /* Sanity check on file offsets */
     HDcompile_assert(sizeof(HDoff_t) >= sizeof(size_t));
 
@@ -837,7 +843,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_open(const char *url,
         if (FAIL == H5FD_s3comms_signing_key(signing_key,
                                              (const char *)fa.secret_key,
                                              (const char *)fa.aws_region,
-                                             (const char *)iso8601now) ) 
+                                             (const char *)iso8601now) )
         {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, NULL,
                         "problem while computing signing key")
@@ -854,17 +860,17 @@ H5FD_ros3_open(const char *url,
 
     if (handle == NULL) {
         /* If we want to check CURL's say on the matter in a controlled
-         * fashion, this is the place to do it, but would need to make a 
+         * fashion, this is the place to do it, but would need to make a
          * few minor changes to s3comms `s3r_t` and `s3r_read()`.
-         */ 
+         */
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTOPENFILE, NULL, "could not open");
     }
 
-    /* create new file struct 
+    /* create new file struct
      */
     file = H5FL_CALLOC(H5FD_ros3_t);
     if (file == NULL) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL,
                     "unable to allocate file struct")
     }
 
@@ -873,7 +879,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_open(const char *url,
 
 #if ROS3_STATS
     if (FAIL == ros3_reset_stats(file)) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_UNINITIALIZED, NULL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_UNINITIALIZED, NULL,
                     "unable to reset file statistics")
     }
 #endif /* ROS3_STATS */
@@ -882,9 +888,9 @@ H5FD_ros3_open(const char *url,
 
 done:
     if (ret_value == NULL) {
-        if (handle != NULL) { 
+        if (handle != NULL) {
             if (FAIL == H5FD_s3comms_s3r_close(handle)) {
-                HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, NULL, 
+                HDONE_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, NULL,
                             "unable to close s3 file handle")
             }
         }
@@ -892,13 +898,28 @@ done:
             file = H5FL_FREE(H5FD_ros3_t, file);
         }
         curl_global_cleanup(); /* early cleanup because open failed */
-    } /* if null return value (error) */
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
+    } /* end if null return value (error) */
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
+} /* end H5FD_ros3_open() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD not defined */
+
+static H5FD_t *
+H5FD_ros3_open(
+        const char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *url,
+        unsigned   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  flags,
+        hid_t      H5_ATTR_UNUSED  fapl_id,
+        haddr_t    H5_ATTR_UNUSED  maxaddr)
+{
+    H5FD_t *ret_value = NULL;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 } /* H5FD_ros3_open() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
+
 #if ROS3_STATS
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -906,7 +927,7 @@ done:
  * Function: ros3_fprint_stats()
  *
  * Purpose:
- * 
+ *
  *     Tabulate and pretty-print statistics for this virtual file.
  *
  *     Should be called upon file close.
@@ -927,17 +948,17 @@ done:
  *         - max (largest size read)
  *     2. tabulation of "bins", sepraring reads into exponentially-larger
  *        ranges of size.
- *         - columns for number of reads, total bytes, and average size, with 
+ *         - columns for number of reads, total bytes, and average size, with
  *           separate sub-colums for raw- and metadata reads.
  *         - each row represents one bin, identified by the top of its range
- *     
+ *
  *     Bin ranges can be modified with pound-defines at the top of this file.
  *
  *     Bins without any reads in their bounds are not printed.
  *
  *     An "overflow" bin is also present, to catch "big" reads.
  *
- *     Output for all bins (and range ceiling and average size report) 
+ *     Output for all bins (and range ceiling and average size report)
  *     is divied by powers of 1024. By corollary, four digits before the decimal
  *     is valid.
  *
@@ -1050,7 +1071,7 @@ ros3_fprint_stats(FILE              *stream,
     HDfprintf(stream, "TOTAL BYTES: %llu  (%llu meta, %llu raw)\n",
               bytes_raw + bytes_meta, bytes_meta, bytes_raw);
 
-    if (count_raw + count_meta == 0) 
+    if (count_raw + count_meta == 0)
         goto done;
 
     /*************************
@@ -1109,9 +1130,9 @@ ros3_fprint_stats(FILE              *stream,
      * PRINT INDIVIDUAL BIN STATS *
      ******************************/
 
-    HDfprintf(stream, 
+    HDfprintf(stream,
         "BINS             # of reads      total bytes         average size\n");
-    HDfprintf(stream, 
+    HDfprintf(stream,
         "    up-to      meta     raw     meta      raw       meta      raw\n");
 
     for (i = 0; i <= ROS3_STATS_BIN_COUNT; i++) {
@@ -1129,7 +1150,7 @@ ros3_fprint_stats(FILE              *stream,
 
         m = &file->meta[i];
         r = &file->raw[i];
-        if (r->count == 0 && m->count == 0) 
+        if (r->count == 0 && m->count == 0)
             continue;
 
         range_end = ros3_stats_boundaries[i];
@@ -1172,7 +1193,7 @@ ros3_fprint_stats(FILE              *stream,
             re_dub /= 1024.0;
         HDassert(suffix_i < sizeof(suffixes));
 
-        HDfprintf(stream, 
+        HDfprintf(stream,
                   " %8.3f%c %7d %7d %8.3f%c %8.3f%c %8.3f%c %8.3f%c\n",
                   re_dub, suffixes[suffix_i], /* bin ceiling      */
                   m->count,                   /* metadata reads   */
@@ -1187,7 +1208,7 @@ ros3_fprint_stats(FILE              *stream,
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
-    
+
 } /* ros3_fprint_stats */
 #endif /* ROS3_STATS */
 
@@ -1201,7 +1222,7 @@ done:
  *     Close an HDF5 file.
  *
  * Return:
- * 
+ *
  *     SUCCEED/FAIL
  *
  * Programmer: Jacob Smith
@@ -1211,57 +1232,63 @@ done:
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+
 static herr_t
-H5FD_ros3_close(H5FD_t *_file)
+H5FD_ros3_close(H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     H5FD_ros3_t *file      = (H5FD_ros3_t *)_file;
     herr_t       ret_value = SUCCEED;
-#else
-    herr_t       ret_value = FAIL;
-#endif
-
-
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 
 #if ROS3_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_ros3_close() called.\n");
 #endif
 
-    /* Sanity checks 
+    /* Sanity checks
      */
     HDassert(file != NULL);
     HDassert(file->s3r_handle != NULL);
 
-    /* Close the underlying request handle 
+    /* Close the underlying request handle
      */
     if (FAIL == H5FD_s3comms_s3r_close(file->s3r_handle)) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL, 
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL,
                     "unable to close S3 request handle")
     }
 
 #if ROS3_STATS
     /* TODO: mechanism to re-target stats printout */
-    if (FAIL == ros3_fprint_stats(stdout, file)) {
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_ERROR, FAIL, 
+    if (ros3_fprint_stats(stdout, file) == FAIL) {
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_ERROR, FAIL,
                     "problem while writing file statistics")
     }
 #endif /* ROS3_STATS */
 
-    /* Release the file info 
+    /* Release the file info
      */
     file = H5FL_FREE(H5FD_ros3_t, file);
 
 done:
     curl_global_cleanup(); /* cleanup to answer init on open */
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
 } /* end H5FD_ros3_close() */
 
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD not defined */
+
+static herr_t
+H5FD_ros3_close(H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file)
+{
+    herr_t ret_value = FAIL;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5FD_ros3_close() */
+
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1269,7 +1296,7 @@ done:
  *
  * Purpose:
  *
- *     Compares two files belonging to this driver using an arbitrary 
+ *     Compares two files belonging to this driver using an arbitrary
  *     (but consistent) ordering:
  *
  *     + url scheme
@@ -1284,7 +1311,7 @@ done:
  *     tl;dr -> check URL, check crentials
  *
  * Return:
- *      
+ *
  *     - Equivalent:      0
  *     - Not Equivalent: -1
  *
@@ -1300,22 +1327,20 @@ done:
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+
 static int
-H5FD_ros3_cmp(const H5FD_t *_f1,
-              const H5FD_t *_f2)
+H5FD_ros3_cmp(
+        const H5FD_t *_f1,
+        const H5FD_t *_f2)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     const H5FD_ros3_t  *f1        = (const H5FD_ros3_t *)_f1;
     const H5FD_ros3_t  *f2        = (const H5FD_ros3_t *)_f2;
     const parsed_url_t *purl1     = NULL;
     const parsed_url_t *purl2     = NULL;
-#endif
     int                 ret_value = 0;
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 
 #if ROS3_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_ros3_cmp() called.\n");
@@ -1334,71 +1359,124 @@ H5FD_ros3_cmp(const H5FD_t *_f1,
     HDassert(purl2->host != NULL);
 
     /* URL: SCHEME */
-    if (HDstrcmp(purl1->scheme, purl2->scheme)) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+    if (HDstrcmp(purl1->scheme, purl2->scheme)) {
+        HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+    }
 
     /* URL: HOST */
-    if (HDstrcmp(purl1->host, purl2->host)) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+    if (HDstrcmp(purl1->host, purl2->host)) {
+        HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+    }
 
     /* URL: PORT */
     if (purl1->port && purl2->port) {
-        if (HDstrcmp(purl1->port, purl2->port)) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (purl1->port) {
+        if (HDstrcmp(purl1->port, purl2->port)) {
+            HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    if (purl1->port) {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (purl2->port) {
+    }
+    else
+    if (purl2->port) {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
     }
 
     /* URL: PATH */
     if (purl1->path && purl2->path) {
-        if (HDstrcmp(purl1->path, purl2->path)) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (purl1->path && !purl2->path) {
+        if (HDstrcmp(purl1->path, purl2->path)) {
+            HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    if (purl1->path && !purl2->path) {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (purl2->path && !purl1->path) {
+    }
+    else
+    if (purl2->path && !purl1->path) {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
     }
 
     /* URL: QUERY */
     if (purl1->query && purl2->query) {
-        if (HDstrcmp(purl1->query, purl2->query)) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (purl1->query && !purl2->query) {
+        if (HDstrcmp(purl1->query, purl2->query)) {
+            HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    if (purl1->query && !purl2->query) {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (purl2->query && !purl1->query) {
+    }
+    else
+    if (purl2->query && !purl1->query) {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
     }
 
     /* FAPL: AWS_REGION */
     if (f1->fa.aws_region[0] != '\0' && f1->fa.aws_region[0] != '\0') {
-        if (HDstrcmp(f1->fa.aws_region, f2->fa.aws_region)) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (f1->fa.aws_region[0] != '\0') {
+        if (HDstrcmp(f1->fa.aws_region, f2->fa.aws_region)) {
+            HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    if (f1->fa.aws_region[0] != '\0') {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (f2->fa.aws_region[0] != '\0') {
+    }
+    else
+    if (f2->fa.aws_region[0] != '\0') {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
     }
 
     /* FAPL: SECRET_ID */
     if (f1->fa.secret_id[0] != '\0' && f1->fa.secret_id[0] != '\0') {
-        if (HDstrcmp(f1->fa.secret_id, f2->fa.secret_id)) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (f1->fa.secret_id[0] != '\0') {
+        if (HDstrcmp(f1->fa.secret_id, f2->fa.secret_id)) {
+            HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    if (f1->fa.secret_id[0] != '\0') {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (f2->fa.secret_id[0] != '\0') {
+    }
+    else
+    if (f2->fa.secret_id[0] != '\0') {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
     }
 
     /* FAPL: SECRET_KEY */
     if (f1->fa.secret_key[0] != '\0' && f1->fa.secret_key[0] != '\0') {
-        if (HDstrcmp(f1->fa.secret_key, f2->fa.secret_key)) HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (f1->fa.secret_key[0] != '\0') {
+        if (HDstrcmp(f1->fa.secret_key, f2->fa.secret_key)) {
+            HGOTO_DONE(-1);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    if (f1->fa.secret_key[0] != '\0') {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
-    } else if (f2->fa.secret_key[0] != '\0') {
+    }
+    else
+    if (f2->fa.secret_key[0] != '\0') {
         HGOTO_DONE(-1);
     }
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
 } /* H5FD_ros3_cmp() */
 
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD not defined */
+
+static int
+H5FD_ros3_cmp(
+        const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_f1,
+        const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_f2)
+{
+    int                 ret_value = 0;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* H5FD_ros3_cmp() */
+
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    H5FD_ros3_query
@@ -1406,7 +1484,7 @@ done:
  * Purpose:     Set the flags that this VFL driver is capable of supporting.
  *              (listed in H5FDpublic.h)
  *
- *              Note that since the ROS3 VFD is read only, most flags 
+ *              Note that since the ROS3 VFD is read only, most flags
  *              are irrelevant.
  *
  *              The term "set" is highly misleading...
@@ -1420,7 +1498,7 @@ done:
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
-H5FD_ros3_query(const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file, 
+H5FD_ros3_query(const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
                 unsigned long *flags /* out */)
 {
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
@@ -1433,7 +1511,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_query(const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
     if (flags) {
         *flags = 0;
         /* OK to perform data sieving for faster raw data reads & writes */
-        *flags |= H5FD_FEAT_DATA_SIEVE; 
+        *flags |= H5FD_FEAT_DATA_SIEVE;
     } /* end if */
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
@@ -1463,7 +1541,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_query(const H5FD_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static haddr_t
-H5FD_ros3_get_eoa(const H5FD_t                *_file, 
+H5FD_ros3_get_eoa(const H5FD_t                *_file,
                   H5FD_mem_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type)
 {
     const H5FD_ros3_t *file = (const H5FD_ros3_t *)_file;
@@ -1499,8 +1577,8 @@ H5FD_ros3_get_eoa(const H5FD_t                *_file,
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
-H5FD_ros3_set_eoa(H5FD_t                    *_file, 
-                  H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type, 
+H5FD_ros3_set_eoa(H5FD_t                    *_file,
+                  H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type,
                   haddr_t                    addr)
 {
     H5FD_ros3_t *file = (H5FD_ros3_t *)_file;
@@ -1528,7 +1606,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_set_eoa(H5FD_t                    *_file,
  *
  * Return:
  *
- *     EOF: the first address past the end of the "file", either the 
+ *     EOF: the first address past the end of the "file", either the
  *     filesystem file or the HDF5 file.
  *
  * Programmer: Jacob Smith
@@ -1537,7 +1615,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_set_eoa(H5FD_t                    *_file,
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static haddr_t
-H5FD_ros3_get_eof(const H5FD_t                *_file, 
+H5FD_ros3_get_eof(const H5FD_t                *_file,
                   H5FD_mem_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type)
 {
     const H5FD_ros3_t *file = (const H5FD_ros3_t *)_file;
@@ -1573,8 +1651,8 @@ H5FD_ros3_get_eof(const H5FD_t                *_file,
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
-H5FD_ros3_get_handle(H5FD_t                *_file, 
-                     hid_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED   fapl, 
+H5FD_ros3_get_handle(H5FD_t                *_file,
+                     hid_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED   fapl,
                      void                 **file_handle)
 {
     H5FD_ros3_t *file      = (H5FD_ros3_t *)_file;
@@ -1586,8 +1664,9 @@ H5FD_ros3_get_handle(H5FD_t                *_file,
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_ros3_get_handle() called.\n");
 #endif
 
-    if(!file_handle)
+    if (!file_handle) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "file handle not valid")
+    }
 
     *file_handle = file->s3r_handle;
 
@@ -1601,7 +1680,7 @@ done:
  *
  * Function: H5FD_ros3_read()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose
  *
  *     Reads SIZE bytes of data from FILE beginning at address ADDR
  *     into buffer BUF according to data transfer properties in DXPL_ID.
@@ -1622,8 +1701,8 @@ done:
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
-H5FD_ros3_read(H5FD_t                    *_file, 
-               H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type, 
+H5FD_ros3_read(H5FD_t                    *_file,
+               H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type,
                hid_t      H5_ATTR_UNUSED  dxpl_id,
                haddr_t                    addr, /* start offset   */
                size_t                     size, /* length of read */
@@ -1631,13 +1710,13 @@ H5FD_ros3_read(H5FD_t                    *_file,
 {
     H5FD_ros3_t *file      = (H5FD_ros3_t *)_file;
     size_t       filesize  = 0;
-    herr_t       ret_value = SUCCEED;                  /* Return value */
+    herr_t       ret_value = SUCCEED;
 #if ROS3_STATS
     /* working variables for storing stats */
     ros3_statsbin *bin   = NULL;
     unsigned       bin_i = 0;
 #endif /* ROS3_STATS */
-    
+
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
@@ -1655,7 +1734,7 @@ H5FD_ros3_read(H5FD_t                    *_file,
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_OVERFLOW, FAIL, "range exceeds file address")
     }
 
-    if (FAIL == H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(file->s3r_handle, addr, size, buf) ) {
+    if (H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(file->s3r_handle, addr, size, buf) == FAIL) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_READERROR, FAIL, "unable to execute read")
     }
 
@@ -1664,30 +1743,33 @@ H5FD_ros3_read(H5FD_t                    *_file,
     /* Find which "bin" this read fits in. Can be "overflow" bin.
      */
     for (bin_i = 0; bin_i < ROS3_STATS_BIN_COUNT; bin_i++) {
-        if ((unsigned long long)size < ros3_stats_boundaries[bin_i])
+        if ((unsigned long long)size < ros3_stats_boundaries[bin_i]) {
             break;
+        }
     }
     bin = (type == H5FD_MEM_DRAW)
         ? &file->raw[bin_i]
         : &file->meta[bin_i];
 
-    /* Store collected stats in appropriate bin 
+    /* Store collected stats in appropriate bin
      */
     if (bin->count == 0) {
         bin->min = size;
         bin->max = size;
-    } else {
-        if (size < bin->min) 
+    }
+    else {
+        if (size < bin->min) {
             bin->min = size;
-        if (size > bin->max)
+        }
+        if (size > bin->max) {
             bin->max = size;
+        }
     }
     bin->count++;
     bin->bytes += (unsigned long long)size;
 
 #endif /* ROS3_STATS */
 
-
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
 
@@ -1698,12 +1780,12 @@ done:
  *
  * Function: H5FD_ros3_write()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Write bytes to file.
  *     UNSUPPORTED IN READ-ONLY ROS3 VFD.
  *
- * Return: 
+ * Return:
  *
  *     FAIL (Not possible with Read-Only S3 file.)
  *
@@ -1715,11 +1797,11 @@ done:
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
-H5FD_ros3_write(H5FD_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file, 
-                H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type, 
+H5FD_ros3_write(H5FD_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
+                H5FD_mem_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  type,
                 hid_t      H5_ATTR_UNUSED  dxpl_id,
-                haddr_t    H5_ATTR_UNUSED  addr, 
-                size_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED  size, 
+                haddr_t    H5_ATTR_UNUSED  addr,
+                size_t     H5_ATTR_UNUSED  size,
                 const void H5_ATTR_UNUSED *buf)
 {
     herr_t ret_value = FAIL;
@@ -1762,8 +1844,8 @@ done:
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
-H5FD_ros3_truncate(H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file, 
-                   hid_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  dxpl_id, 
+H5FD_ros3_truncate(H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
+                   hid_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED  dxpl_id,
                    hbool_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  closing)
 {
     herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED;
@@ -1807,7 +1889,7 @@ done:
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
-H5FD_ros3_lock(H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file, 
+H5FD_ros3_lock(H5FD_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED *_file,
                hbool_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  rw)
 {
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
diff --git a/src/H5FDs3comms.c b/src/H5FDs3comms.c
index 8c0515d..42b281f 100644
--- a/src/H5FDs3comms.c
+++ b/src/H5FDs3comms.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*****************************************************************************
- * Read-Only S3 Virtual File Driver (VFD)                                   
+ * Read-Only S3 Virtual File Driver (VFD)
  *
  * Source for S3 Communications module
  *
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
  */
 #define S3COMMS_DEBUG 0
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+
 /* manipulate verbosity of CURL output
  * operates separately from S3COMMS_DEBUG
  *
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@
  */
 #define S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE 128
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
+
 /******************/
 /* Local Typedefs */
 /******************/
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ herr_t H5FD_s3comms_s3r_getsize(s3r_t *handle);
 /* Functions */
 /*************/
 
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: curlwritecallback()
@@ -147,8 +151,9 @@ curlwritecallback(char   *ptr,
     size_t                 product = (size * nmemb);
     size_t                 written = 0;
 
-    if (sds->magic != S3COMMS_CALLBACK_DATASTRUCT_MAGIC)
+    if (sds->magic != S3COMMS_CALLBACK_DATASTRUCT_MAGIC) {
         return written;
+    }
 
     if (size > 0) {
         HDmemcpy(&(sds->data[sds->size]), ptr, product);
@@ -158,9 +163,9 @@ curlwritecallback(char   *ptr,
 
     return written;
 
-} /* curlwritecallback */
-
+} /* end curlwritecallback() */
 
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set()
@@ -223,9 +228,10 @@ curlwritecallback(char   *ptr,
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(hrb_node_t **L,
-                          const char  *name,
-                          const char  *value)
+H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(
+        hrb_node_t **L,
+        const char  *name,
+        const char  *value)
 {
     size_t      i          = 0;
     char       *valuecpy   = NULL;
@@ -238,8 +244,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(hrb_node_t **L,
     hbool_t     is_looking = TRUE;
     herr_t      ret_value  = SUCCEED;
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
@@ -247,8 +251,9 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(hrb_node_t **L,
     HDprintf("NAME: %s\n", name);
     HDprintf("VALUE: %s\n", value);
     HDprintf("LIST:\n->");
-    for (node_ptr = (*L); node_ptr != NULL; node_ptr = node_ptr->next)
+    for (node_ptr = (*L); node_ptr != NULL; node_ptr = node_ptr->next) {
         HDfprintf(stdout, "{%s}\n->", node_ptr->cat);
+    }
     HDprintf("(null)\n");
     fflush(stdout);
     node_ptr = NULL;
@@ -281,34 +286,37 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(hrb_node_t **L,
      * copies
      */
     if (value != NULL) {
-        size_t valuelen   = HDstrlen(value);
-        size_t catlen     = namelen + valuelen + 2; /* HDstrlen(": ") -> +2 */
-        int    sprint_ret = 0;
+        int    ret      = 0;
+        size_t valuelen = HDstrlen(value);
+        size_t catlen   = namelen + valuelen + 2; /* +2 from ": " */
+        size_t catwrite = catlen + 3; /* 3 not 1 to quiet compiler warning */
+
 
         namecpy = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * (namelen + 1));
         if (namecpy == NULL) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL,
                         "cannot make space for name copy.\n");
         }
-        HDmemcpy(namecpy, name, namelen + 1);
+        HDmemcpy(namecpy, name, (namelen + 1));
 
         valuecpy = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * (valuelen + 1));
         if (valuecpy == NULL) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL,
                         "cannot make space for value copy.\n");
         }
-        HDmemcpy(valuecpy, value, valuelen + 1);
+        HDmemcpy(valuecpy, value, (valuelen + 1));
 
-        nvcat = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * (catlen + 1));
+        nvcat = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * catwrite);
         if (nvcat == NULL) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL,
                         "cannot make space for concatenated string.\n");
         }
-        sprint_ret = HDsnprintf(nvcat, (catlen + 1), "%s: %s", name, value);
-        if (sprint_ret <= 0)
+        ret = HDsnprintf(nvcat, catwrite, "%s: %s", name, value);
+        if (ret < 0 || (size_t)ret > catlen) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
-                        "error while concatenating `%s: %s", name, value);
-        HDassert( catlen == (size_t)sprint_ret );
+                        "cannot concatenate `%s: %s", name, value);
+        }
+        HDassert( catlen == HDstrlen(nvcat) );
 
         /* create new_node, should we need it
          */
@@ -334,7 +342,8 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(hrb_node_t **L,
         if (value == NULL) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "trying to remove node from empty list");
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
 HDprintf("CREATE NEW\n"); fflush(stdout);
 #endif
@@ -406,7 +415,8 @@ HDprintf("FREEING POINTER\n"); fflush(stdout);
 HDprintf("FREEING WORKING LOWERNAME\n"); fflush(stdout);
 #endif
             H5MM_xfree(lowername); lowername = NULL;
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
 HDprintf("MODIFY HEAD\n"); fflush(stdout);
 #endif
@@ -428,14 +438,17 @@ HDprintf("MODIFY HEAD\n"); fflush(stdout);
             H5MM_xfree(new_node);
             new_node  = NULL;
         }
-    } else if (strcmp(lowername, node_ptr->lowername) < 0) {
+    }
+    else
+    if (strcmp(lowername, node_ptr->lowername) < 0) {
 
         is_looking = FALSE;
 
         if (value == NULL) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "trying to remove a node 'before' head");
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
 HDprintf("PREPEND NEW HEAD\n"); fflush(stdout);
 #endif
@@ -464,7 +477,8 @@ HDprintf("PREPEND NEW HEAD\n"); fflush(stdout);
             if (value == NULL) {
                 HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                             "trying to remove absent node");
-            } else {
+            }
+            else {
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
 HDprintf("APPEND A NODE\n"); fflush(stdout);
 #endif
@@ -479,14 +493,17 @@ HDprintf("APPEND A NODE\n"); fflush(stdout);
                 new_node->cat       = nvcat;
                 node_ptr->next      = new_node;
             }
-        } else if (strcmp(lowername, node_ptr->next->lowername) < 0) {
+        }
+        else
+        if (strcmp(lowername, node_ptr->next->lowername) < 0) {
 
             is_looking = FALSE;
 
             if (value == NULL) {
                 HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                             "trying to remove absent node");
-            } else {
+            }
+            else {
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
 HDprintf("INSERT A NODE\n"); fflush(stdout);
 #endif
@@ -502,7 +519,9 @@ HDprintf("INSERT A NODE\n"); fflush(stdout);
                 new_node->next      = node_ptr->next;
                 node_ptr->next      = new_node;
             }
-        } else if (strcmp(lowername, node_ptr->next->lowername) == 0) {
+        }
+        else
+        if (strcmp(lowername, node_ptr->next->lowername) == 0) {
 
             is_looking = FALSE;
 
@@ -528,7 +547,8 @@ HDprintf("REMOVE A NODE\n"); fflush(stdout);
 
                 H5MM_xfree(lowername);
                 lowername = NULL;
-            } else {
+            }
+            else {
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
 HDprintf("MODIFY A NODE\n"); fflush(stdout);
 #endif
@@ -552,23 +572,24 @@ HDprintf("MODIFY A NODE\n"); fflush(stdout);
                 node_ptr->value = valuecpy;
                 node_ptr->cat   = nvcat;
             }
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
             /****************
              * KEEP LOOKING *
              ****************/
 
              node_ptr = node_ptr->next;
         }
-    }
+    } /* end while is_looking */
 
 done:
     if (ret_value == FAIL) {
         /* clean up
          */
-        if (nvcat     != NULL) H5MM_xfree(nvcat);
-        if (namecpy   != NULL) H5MM_xfree(namecpy);
-        if (lowername != NULL) H5MM_xfree(lowername);
-        if (valuecpy  != NULL) H5MM_xfree(valuecpy);
+        if (nvcat     != NULL) { H5MM_xfree(nvcat); }
+        if (namecpy   != NULL) { H5MM_xfree(namecpy); }
+        if (lowername != NULL) { H5MM_xfree(lowername); }
+        if (valuecpy  != NULL) { H5MM_xfree(valuecpy); }
         if (new_node  != NULL) {
             HDassert( new_node->magic == S3COMMS_HRB_NODE_MAGIC );
             new_node->magic += 1ul;
@@ -577,11 +598,9 @@ done:
     }
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set() */
 
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set */
-
-
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_hrb_destroy()
@@ -637,8 +656,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_destroy(hrb_t **_buf)
     hrb_t  *buf       = NULL;
     herr_t  ret_value = SUCCEED;
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
@@ -658,12 +675,11 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_destroy(hrb_t **_buf)
         buf->magic += 1ul;
         H5MM_xfree(buf);
         *_buf = NULL;
-    }
+    } /* end if `_buf` has some value */
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
-
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_hrb_destroy */
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_hrb_destroy() */
 
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -728,8 +744,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_init_request(const char *_verb,
     char   *vrsn      = NULL;
     size_t  vrsnlen   = 0;
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
@@ -743,11 +757,13 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_init_request(const char *_verb,
 
     /* populate valid NULLs with defaults
      */
-    if (_verb == NULL)
+    if (_verb == NULL) {
         _verb = "GET";
+    }
 
-    if (_http_version == NULL)
+    if (_http_version == NULL) {
         _http_version = "HTTP/1.1";
+    }
 
     /* malloc space for and prepare structure
      */
@@ -765,28 +781,26 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_init_request(const char *_verb,
 
     /* malloc and copy strings for the structure
      */
+    reslen = HDstrlen(_resource);
+
     if (_resource[0] == '/') {
-        reslen = HDstrlen(_resource) + 1;
-        res = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * reslen);
+        res = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * (reslen+1));
         if (res == NULL) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTALLOC, NULL,
                         "no space for resource string");
         }
-        HDstrncpy(res, _resource, reslen);
-    } else {
-        int sprint_ret = 0;
-        reslen = HDstrlen(_resource) + 2;
-        res = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * reslen);
+        HDmemcpy(res, _resource, (reslen+1));
+    }
+    else {
+        res = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * (reslen+2));
         if (res == NULL) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTALLOC, NULL,
-                        "no space for resource string");
+                    "no space for resource string");
         }
-        sprint_ret = HDsnprintf(res, reslen, "/%s", _resource);
-        if (sprint_ret <= 0)
-            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, NULL,
-                        "errro while appending resource string %s", _resource);
-        HDassert( (reslen - 1) == (size_t)sprint_ret );
-    } /* start resource string with '/' */
+        *res = '/';
+        HDmemcpy((&res[1]), _resource, (reslen+1));
+        HDassert( (reslen+1) == HDstrlen(res) );
+    } /* end if (else resource string not starting with '/') */
 
     verblen = HDstrlen(_verb) + 1;
     verb = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * verblen);
@@ -815,7 +829,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_hrb_init_request(const char *_verb,
     ret_value = request;
 
 done:
-
     /* if there is an error, clean up after ourselves
      */
     if (ret_value == NULL) {
@@ -826,8 +839,7 @@ done:
     }
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
-
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_hrb_init_request */
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_hrb_init_request() */
 
 
 
@@ -835,7 +847,60 @@ done:
  * S3R FUNCTIONS
  ****************************************************************************/
 
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+/* No-op, auto-fail, unused-variable implementations if ROS3 is not enabled */
+
+herr_t
+H5FD_s3comms_s3r_close(s3r_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *handle)
+{
+    herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_s3r_close() */
+
+size_t
+H5FD_s3comms_s3r_get_filesize(s3r_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *handle)
+{
+    size_t ret_value = 0;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_s3r_get_filesize() */
+
+herr_t
+H5FD_s3comms_s3r_getsize(s3r_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *handle)
+{
+    herr_t ret_value = FAIL;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_s3r_getsize() */
+
+s3r_t *
+H5FD_s3comms_s3r_open(
+        const char          H5_ATTR_UNUSED *url,
+        const char          H5_ATTR_UNUSED *region,
+        const char          H5_ATTR_UNUSED *id,
+        const unsigned char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *signing_key)
+{
+    s3r_t        *ret_value = NULL;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_s3r_open() */
 
+herr_t
+H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(
+        s3r_t   H5_ATTR_UNUSED *handle,
+        haddr_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED  offset,
+        size_t  H5_ATTR_UNUSED  len,
+        void    H5_ATTR_UNUSED *dest)
+{
+    herr_t ret_value = FAIL;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read() */
+
+#else
+
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_s3r_close()
@@ -876,11 +941,8 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_close(s3r_t *handle)
 {
     herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED;
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "called H5FD_s3comms_s3r_close.\n");
 #endif
@@ -910,14 +972,11 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_close(s3r_t *handle)
 
     H5MM_xfree(handle);
 
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
-
 } /* H5FD_s3comms_s3r_close */
 
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_s3r_get_filesize()
@@ -941,22 +1000,20 @@ done:
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 size_t
-H5FD_s3comms_s3r_get_filesize(s3r_t *handle) {
-
+H5FD_s3comms_s3r_get_filesize(s3r_t *handle)
+{
     size_t ret_value = 0;
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    if (handle != NULL)
+    if (handle != NULL) {
         ret_value = handle->filesize;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
+    }
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
-
 } /* H5FD_s3comms_s3r_get_filesize */
 
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_s3r_getsize()
@@ -1143,7 +1200,7 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_getsize(s3r_t *handle)
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_OVERFLOW, FAIL, "content_length overflows size_t\n");
     }
 
-    if (content_length == 0 ||    
+    if (content_length == 0 ||
         errno          == ERANGE) /* errno set by strtoumax*/
     {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
@@ -1187,7 +1244,7 @@ done:
 
 } /* H5FD_s3comms_s3r_getsize */
 
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_s3r_open()
@@ -1463,7 +1520,7 @@ done:
 
 } /* H5FD_s3comms_s3r_open */
 
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read()
@@ -1621,7 +1678,7 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
 
     if (len > 0) {
         rangebytesstr = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * \
-                                            S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE );
+                                            (S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE+1) );
         if (rangebytesstr == NULL) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL,
                         "could not malloc range format string.\n");
@@ -1631,12 +1688,12 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
                        "bytes="H5_PRINTF_HADDR_FMT"-"H5_PRINTF_HADDR_FMT,
                        offset,
                        offset + len - 1);
-        if (ret == 0 || ret >= S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE)
+        if (ret <= 0 || ret >= S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE)
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "unable to format HTTP Range value");
     } else if (offset > 0) {
         rangebytesstr = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * \
-                                            S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE);
+                                            (S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE+1));
         if (rangebytesstr == NULL) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL,
                         "could not malloc range format string.\n");
@@ -1645,7 +1702,7 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
                        (S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE),
                       "bytes="H5_PRINTF_HADDR_FMT"-",
                       offset);
-        if (ret == 0 || ret >= S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE)
+        if (ret <= 0 || ret >= S3COMMS_MAX_RANGE_STRING_SIZE)
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "unable to format HTTP Range value");
     }
@@ -1679,7 +1736,7 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
     } else {
         /* authenticate request
          */
-        char authorization[512];
+        char authorization[512+1];
             /*   512 := approximate max length...
              *    67 <len("AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=///s3/aws4_request,"
              *           "SignedHeaders=,Signature=")>
@@ -1689,10 +1746,10 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
              * +  20 <max? len(region)>
              * + 128 <max? len(signed_headers)>
              */
-        char buffer1[512]; /* -> Canonical Request -> Signature */
-        char buffer2[256]; /* -> String To Sign -> Credential */
+        char buffer1[512+1]; /* -> Canonical Request -> Signature */
+        char buffer2[256+1]; /* -> String To Sign -> Credential */
         char iso8601now[ISO8601_SIZE];
-        char signed_headers[48];
+        char signed_headers[48+1];
             /* should be large enough for nominal listing:
              * "host;range;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date"
              * + '\0', with "range;" possibly absent
@@ -1821,8 +1878,11 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
         /**** COMPUTE AUTHORIZATION ****/
 
         if (FAIL ==      /* buffer1 -> canonical request */
-            H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(buffer1,
+            H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(
+                    buffer1,
+                    512,
                     signed_headers,
+                    48,
                     request) )
         {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
@@ -1858,23 +1918,25 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "unable to format aws4 credential string");
 
-        ret = HDsnprintf(authorization,
+        ret = HDsnprintf(
+                authorization,
                 512,
                 "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=%s,SignedHeaders=%s,Signature=%s",
                 buffer2,
                 signed_headers,
                 buffer1);
-        if (ret == 0 || ret >= 512)
+        if (ret <= 0 || ret >= 512) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "unable to format aws4 authorization string");
+        }
 
         /* append authorization header to http request buffer
          */
-        if (FAIL ==
-            H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(
-                    &headers,
-                    "Authorization",
-                    (const char *)authorization) )
+        if (H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(
+                &headers,
+                "Authorization",
+                (const char *)authorization)
+            == FAIL)
         {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "unable to set Authorization header")
@@ -1914,17 +1976,18 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
 
         /* finally, set http headers in curl handle
          */
-        if (CURLE_OK !=
-            curl_easy_setopt(curlh,
-                             CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
-                             curlheaders) )
+        if (curl_easy_setopt(
+                curlh,
+                CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
+                curlheaders)
+           != CURLE_OK)
         {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "error while setting CURL option "
                         "(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER). (placeholder flags)");
         }
 
-    } /* if should authenticate (info provided) */
+    } /* end if should authenticate (info provided) */
 
     /*******************
      * PERFORM REQUEST *
@@ -1983,14 +2046,16 @@ H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
         HDfprintf(stderr, "CHECKING FOR BUFFER OVERFLOW\n");
         if (sds == NULL) {
             HDfprintf(stderr, "sds is NULL!\n");
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
             HDfprintf(stderr, "sds: 0x%lx\n", (long long)sds);
             HDfprintf(stderr, "sds->size: %d\n", (int)sds->size);
             if (len > sds->size) {
                 HDfprintf(stderr, "buffer overwrite\n");
             }
         }
-    } else {
+    }
+    else {
         HDfprintf(stderr, "performed on entire file\n");
     }
 #endif
@@ -2028,29 +2093,30 @@ done:
 
     if (curlh != NULL) {
         /* clear any Range */
-        if (CURLE_OK != curl_easy_setopt(curlh, CURLOPT_RANGE, NULL) )
+        if (CURLE_OK != curl_easy_setopt(curlh, CURLOPT_RANGE, NULL) ) {
                 HDONE_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                             "cannot unset CURLOPT_RANGE")
+        }
 
         /* clear headers */
-        if (CURLE_OK != curl_easy_setopt(curlh, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, NULL) )
+        if (CURLE_OK != curl_easy_setopt(curlh, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, NULL) ) {
                 HDONE_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                             "cannot unset CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER")
+        }
     }
 
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
-
 } /* H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read */
 
-
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: gmnow()
@@ -2079,14 +2145,14 @@ gmnow(void)
     struct tm *ret_value = NULL;
 
     /* Doctor assert, checks against error in time() */
-    if ( (time_t)(-1) != time(now_ptr) )
+    if ( (time_t)(-1) != time(now_ptr) ) {
         ret_value = gmtime(now_ptr);
+    }
 
     HDassert( ret_value != NULL );
 
     return ret_value;
-
-} /* gmnow */
+} /* end gmnow() */
 
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2131,16 +2197,23 @@ gmnow(void)
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(char  *canonical_request_dest,
-                                   char  *signed_headers_dest,
-                                   hrb_t *http_request)
+H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(
+        char  *canonical_request_dest,
+        int    _cr_size,
+        char  *signed_headers_dest,
+        int    _sh_size,
+        hrb_t *http_request)
 {
     hrb_node_t *node         = NULL;
     const char *query_params = ""; /* unused at present */
     herr_t      ret_value    = SUCCEED;
-    int         ret          = 0; /* return value of HDsnprintf */
-    size_t      len          = 0; /* working string length variable */
-    char        tmpstr[256];
+    int         ret          = 0;
+    size_t      cr_size      = (size_t)_cr_size;
+    size_t      sh_size      = (size_t)_sh_size;
+    size_t      cr_len       = 0; /* working length of canonical request str */
+    size_t      sh_len       = 0; /* working length of signed headers str */
+    char        tmpstr[256+1];
+    tmpstr[256]              = 0; /* terminating NULL */
 
     /* "query params" refers to the optional element in the URL, e.g.
      *     http://bucket.aws.com/myfile.txt?max-keys=2&prefix=J
@@ -2152,8 +2225,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(char  *canonical_request_dest,
      * VFD use-cases.
      */
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
@@ -2178,55 +2249,71 @@ H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(char  *canonical_request_dest,
 
     /* HTTP verb, resource path, and query string lines
      */
-    len = (HDstrlen(http_request->verb) +
+    cr_len = (HDstrlen(http_request->verb) +
           HDstrlen(http_request->resource) +
           HDstrlen(query_params) +
-          3 );
-    ret = HDsnprintf(canonical_request_dest,
-                   len + 1,
-                   "%s\n%s\n%s\n",
-                   http_request->verb,
-                   http_request->resource,
-                   query_params);
-    if (ret == 0 || (size_t)ret > len)
+          (size_t)3); /* three newline chars */
+    if (cr_len >= cr_size) {
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
+                    "not enough space in canonical request");
+    }
+    ret = HDsnprintf( /* TODO: compiler warning */
+            canonical_request_dest,
+            (cr_size-1),
+            "%s\n%s\n%s\n",
+            http_request->verb,
+            http_request->resource,
+            query_params);
+    if (ret < 0 || (size_t)ret >= cr_size) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "unable to compose canonical request first line");
+    }
 
     /* write in canonical headers, building signed headers concurrently
      */
-    node = http_request->first_header; /* assumed at first sorted */
+    node = http_request->first_header; /* assumed sorted */
     while (node != NULL) {
-        size_t join_len  = 0; /* string len of joined header-value */
-
-        HDassert( node->magic == S3COMMS_HRB_NODE_MAGIC );
-
-        len = HDstrlen(node->lowername);
-        join_len = HDstrlen(node->value) + len + 2; /* +2 <- ":\n" */
-        ret = HDsnprintf(tmpstr,
-                       join_len + 1, /* +1 for null terminator */
-                       "%s:%s\n",
-                       node->lowername,
-                       node->value);
-        if (ret == 0 || (size_t)ret > join_len)
+
+        HDassert(node->magic == S3COMMS_HRB_NODE_MAGIC);
+
+        ret = HDsnprintf(
+                tmpstr,
+                256,
+                "%s:%s\n",
+                node->lowername,
+                node->value);
+        if (ret < 0 || ret >= 256) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "unable to concatenate HTTP header %s:%s",
                          node->lowername,
                          node->value);
+        }
+        cr_len += HDstrlen(tmpstr);
+        if (cr_len + 1 > cr_size) {
+            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
+                        "not enough space in canonical request");
+        }
         strcat(canonical_request_dest, tmpstr);
 
-        len += 1; /* semicolon */
-        ret = HDsnprintf(tmpstr,
-                       len + 1,
-                       "%s;",
-                       node->lowername);
-        if (ret == 0 || (size_t)ret > len)
+        ret = HDsnprintf(
+                tmpstr,
+                256,
+                "%s;",
+                node->lowername);
+        if (ret < 0 || ret >= 256) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
-                        "unable to append signed header %s",
+                        "unable to append semicolon to lowername %s",
                         node->lowername);
+        }
+        sh_len += HDstrlen(tmpstr);
+        if (sh_len + 1 > sh_size) {
+            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
+                        "not enough space in signed headers");
+        }
         strcat(signed_headers_dest, tmpstr);
 
         node = node->next;
-    }
+    } /* end while node is not NULL */
 
     /* remove tailing ';' from signed headers sequence
      */
@@ -2243,10 +2330,9 @@ H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(char  *canonical_request_dest,
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request() */
 
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request */
-
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex()
@@ -2293,16 +2379,15 @@ done:
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex(char                *dest,
-                          const unsigned char *msg,
-                          size_t               msg_len,
-                          hbool_t              lowercase)
+H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex(
+        char                *dest,
+        const unsigned char *msg,
+        size_t               msg_len,
+        hbool_t              lowercase)
 {
     size_t i         = 0;
     herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED;
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
@@ -2319,24 +2404,23 @@ H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex(char                *dest,
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < msg_len; i++) {
-        int chars_written =
-                HDsnprintf(&(dest[i * 2]),
-                         3, /* 'X', 'X', '\n' */
-                         (lowercase == TRUE) ? "%02x"
-                                             : "%02X",
-                         msg[i]);
-        if (chars_written != 2)
+        int chars_written = HDsnprintf(&(dest[i * 2]),
+                3, /* 'X', 'X', '\n' */
+                (lowercase == TRUE) ? "%02x" : "%02X",
+                msg[i]);
+        if (chars_written != 2) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "problem while writing hex chars for %c",
                         msg[i]);
+        }
     }
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
 
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex */
-
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex() */
 
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_free_purl()
@@ -2369,19 +2453,19 @@ H5FD_s3comms_free_purl(parsed_url_t *purl)
 
     if (purl != NULL) {
         HDassert( purl->magic == S3COMMS_PARSED_URL_MAGIC );
-        if (purl->scheme != NULL) H5MM_xfree(purl->scheme);
-        if (purl->host   != NULL) H5MM_xfree(purl->host);
-        if (purl->port   != NULL) H5MM_xfree(purl->port);
-        if (purl->path   != NULL) H5MM_xfree(purl->path);
-        if (purl->query  != NULL) H5MM_xfree(purl->query);
+        if (purl->scheme != NULL) { H5MM_xfree(purl->scheme); }
+        if (purl->host   != NULL) { H5MM_xfree(purl->host); }
+        if (purl->port   != NULL) { H5MM_xfree(purl->port); }
+        if (purl->path   != NULL) { H5MM_xfree(purl->path); }
+        if (purl->query  != NULL) { H5MM_xfree(purl->query); }
         purl->magic += 1ul;
         H5MM_xfree(purl);
     }
 
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_free_purl */
-
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_free_purl() */
 
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_HMAC_SHA256()
@@ -2424,27 +2508,22 @@ H5FD_s3comms_free_purl(parsed_url_t *purl)
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_HMAC_SHA256(const unsigned char *key,
-                         size_t               key_len,
-                         const char          *msg,
-                         size_t               msg_len,
-                         char                *dest)
+H5FD_s3comms_HMAC_SHA256(
+        const unsigned char *key,
+        size_t               key_len,
+        const char          *msg,
+        size_t               msg_len,
+        char                *dest)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     unsigned char md[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
     unsigned int  md_len    = SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH;
     herr_t        ret_value = SUCCEED;
-#else
-    herr_t        ret_value = FAIL;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
-
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "called H5FD_s3comms_HMAC_SHA256.\n");
 #endif
@@ -2462,24 +2541,39 @@ H5FD_s3comms_HMAC_SHA256(const unsigned char *key,
          md,
          &md_len);
 
-    if (FAIL ==
-        H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex(dest,
-                                  (const unsigned char *)md,
-                                  (size_t)md_len,
-                                  true))
+    if (H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex(
+            dest,
+            (const unsigned char *)md,
+            (size_t)md_len,
+            true)
+        == FAIL)
     {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "could not convert to hex string.");
     }
 
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
-
 } /* H5FD_s3comms_HMAC_SHA256 */
 
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD not defined */
+
+herr_t
+H5FD_s3comms_HMAC_SHA256(
+        const unsigned char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *key,
+        size_t              H5_ATTR_UNUSED  key_len,
+        const char          H5_ATTR_UNUSED *msg,
+        size_t              H5_ATTR_UNUSED  msg_len,
+        char                H5_ATTR_UNUSED *dest)
+{
+    herr_t ret_value = FAIL;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_HMAC_SHA256() */
+
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
+
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file()
@@ -2565,85 +2659,98 @@ H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file(
 #endif
 
     /* format target line for start of profile */
-    if (32 < HDsnprintf(profile_line, 32, "[%s]", profile_name))
+    if (32 < HDsnprintf(profile_line, 32, "[%s]", profile_name)) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTCOPY, FAIL,
                     "unable to format profile label")
+    }
 
     /* look for start of profile */
     do {
         /* clear buffer */
-        for (buffer_i=0; buffer_i < 128; buffer_i++) buffer[buffer_i] = 0;
+        for (buffer_i=0; buffer_i < 128; buffer_i++) {
+            buffer[buffer_i] = 0;
+        }
 
         line_buffer = fgets(line_buffer, 128, file);
-        if (line_buffer == NULL) /* reached end of file */
+        if (line_buffer == NULL) { /* reached end of file */
             goto done;
+        }
     } while (strncmp(line_buffer, profile_line, HDstrlen(profile_line)));
 
     /* extract credentials from lines */
     do {
-        size_t      setting_name_len = 0;
-        const char *setting_name     = NULL;
-        char        line_prefix[128];
-
         /* clear buffer */
-        for (buffer_i=0; buffer_i < 128; buffer_i++) buffer[buffer_i] = 0;
+        for (buffer_i=0; buffer_i < 128; buffer_i++) {
+             buffer[buffer_i] = 0;
+        }
 
         /* collect a line from file */
         line_buffer = fgets(line_buffer, 128, file);
-        if (line_buffer == NULL)
+        if (line_buffer == NULL) {
             goto done; /* end of file */
+        }
 
         /* loop over names to see if line looks like assignment */
         for (setting_i = 0; setting_i < setting_count; setting_i++) {
+            size_t      setting_name_len = 0;
+            const char *setting_name     = NULL;
+            char        line_prefix[128];
+
             setting_name = setting_names[setting_i];
             setting_name_len = HDstrlen(setting_name);
-            if (128 < HDsnprintf(
-                    line_prefix,
-                    setting_name_len+2,
-                    "%s=",
-                    setting_name))
+            if (HDsnprintf(line_prefix, 128, "%s=", setting_name) < 0) {
                 HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTCOPY, FAIL,
                             "unable to format line prefix")
+            }
 
             /* found a matching name? */
             if (!HDstrncmp(line_buffer, line_prefix, setting_name_len + 1)) {
                 found_setting = 1;
 
                 /* skip NULL destination buffer */
-                if (setting_pointers[setting_i] == NULL)
+                if (setting_pointers[setting_i] == NULL) {
                    break;
+                }
 
                 /* advance to end of name in string */
                 do {
                     line_buffer++;
                 } while (*line_buffer != 0 && *line_buffer != '=');
 
-                if (*line_buffer == 0 || *(line_buffer+1) == 0)
+                if (*line_buffer == 0 || *(line_buffer+1) == 0) {
                     HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                                 "incomplete assignment in file")
+                }
                 line_buffer++; /* was pointing at '='; advance */
 
                 /* copy line buffer into out pointer */
-                HDstrncpy(setting_pointers[setting_i], (const char *)line_buffer,
-                        HDstrlen(line_buffer));
+                if (HDstrncpy(
+                        setting_pointers[setting_i],
+                        (const char *)line_buffer,
+                        HDstrlen(line_buffer))
+                    == NULL)
+                {
+                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTCOPY, FAIL,
+                                "unable to copy line into pointer")
+                }
 
                 /* "trim" tailing whitespace by replacing with null terminator*/
                 buffer_i = 0;
-                while (!isspace(setting_pointers[setting_i][buffer_i]))
+                while (!isspace(setting_pointers[setting_i][buffer_i])) {
                     buffer_i++;
+                }
                 setting_pointers[setting_i][buffer_i] = '\0';
 
                 break; /* have read setting; don't compare with others */
-            }
-        }
+            } /* end if possible name match */
+        } /* end for each setting name */
     } while (found_setting);
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file() */
 
-} /* H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file */
-
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_load_aws_profile()
@@ -2688,6 +2795,7 @@ H5FD_s3comms_load_aws_profile(const char *profile_name,
     FILE *credfile = NULL;
     char awspath[117];
     char filepath[128];
+    int  ret = 0;
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
@@ -2696,47 +2804,61 @@ H5FD_s3comms_load_aws_profile(const char *profile_name,
 #endif
 
     /* TODO: Windows and other path gotchas */
-    if (117 < HDsnprintf(awspath, 117, "%s/.aws/", getenv("HOME")))
+    ret = HDsnprintf(awspath, 117, "%s/.aws/", getenv("HOME")) ;
+    if (ret < 0 || (size_t)ret >= 117) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTCOPY, FAIL,
                     "unable to format home-aws path")
-    if (128 < HDsnprintf(filepath, 128, "%s%s", awspath, "credentials"))
+    }
+    ret = HDsnprintf(filepath, 128, "%s%s", awspath, "credentials");
+    if (ret < 0 || (size_t)ret >= 128) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTCOPY, FAIL,
                     "unable to format credentials path")
+    }
 
     credfile = fopen(filepath, "r");
     if (credfile != NULL) {
-        if (FAIL == H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file(
+        if (H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file(
                 credfile,
                 profile_name,
                 key_id_out,
                 secret_access_key_out,
-                aws_region_out))
+                aws_region_out)
+            == FAIL)
+        {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "unable to load from aws credentials")
-        if (EOF == fclose(credfile))
+        }
+        if (fclose(credfile) == EOF) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_FILE, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL,
                         "unable to close credentials file")
+        }
         credfile = NULL;
-    }
+    } /* end if credential file opened */
 
-    if (128 < HDsnprintf(filepath, 128, "%s%s", awspath, "config"))
+    ret = HDsnprintf(filepath, 128, "%s%s", awspath, "config");
+    if (ret < 0 || (size_t)ret >= 128) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTCOPY, FAIL,
                     "unable to format config path")
+    }
     credfile = fopen(filepath, "r");
     if (credfile != NULL) {
-        if (FAIL == H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file(
+        if (H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file(
                 credfile,
                 profile_name,
                 (*key_id_out == 0) ? key_id_out : NULL,
                 (*secret_access_key_out == 0) ? secret_access_key_out : NULL,
-                (*aws_region_out == 0) ? aws_region_out : NULL))
+                (*aws_region_out == 0) ? aws_region_out : NULL)
+            == FAIL)
+        {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "unable to load from aws config")
-        if (EOF == fclose(credfile))
+        }
+        if (fclose(credfile) == EOF) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_FILE, H5E_CANTCLOSEFILE, FAIL,
                         "unable to close config file")
+        }
         credfile = NULL;
-    }
+    } /* end if credential file opened */
 
     /* fail if not all three settings were loaded */
     if (*key_id_out == 0 ||
@@ -2748,16 +2870,15 @@ H5FD_s3comms_load_aws_profile(const char *profile_name,
 
 done:
     if (credfile != NULL) {
-        if (EOF == fclose(credfile))
+        if (fclose(credfile) == EOF) {
             HDONE_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_ARGS, FAIL,
                         "problem error-closing aws configuration file")
+        }
     }
-
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_load_aws_profile() */
 
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_load_aws_profile */
-
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_nlowercase()
@@ -2787,9 +2908,10 @@ done:
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_nlowercase(char       *dest,
-                        const char *s,
-                        size_t      len)
+H5FD_s3comms_nlowercase(
+        char       *dest,
+        const char *s,
+        size_t      len)
 {
     herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED;
 
@@ -2814,10 +2936,9 @@ H5FD_s3comms_nlowercase(char       *dest,
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_nlowercase() */
 
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_nlowercase */
-
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_parse_url()
@@ -2852,8 +2973,9 @@ done:
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_parse_url(const char    *str,
-                       parsed_url_t **_purl)
+H5FD_s3comms_parse_url(
+        const char    *str,
+        parsed_url_t **_purl)
 {
     parsed_url_t *purl         = NULL; /* pointer to new structure */
     const char   *tmpstr       = NULL; /* working pointer in string */
@@ -2863,8 +2985,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_parse_url(const char    *str,
     unsigned int  i            = 0;
     herr_t        ret_value    = FAIL;
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT;
 
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
@@ -2946,7 +3066,8 @@ H5FD_s3comms_parse_url(const char    *str,
             tmpstr++;
         }
         tmpstr++;
-    } else {
+    } /* end if (IPv6) */
+    else {
         while (0 != *tmpstr) {
             if (':' == *tmpstr ||
                 '/' == *tmpstr ||
@@ -2956,12 +3077,14 @@ H5FD_s3comms_parse_url(const char    *str,
             }
             tmpstr++;
         }
-    } /* if IPv4 or IPv6 */
+    } /* end else (IPv4) */
     len = tmpstr - curstr;
     if (len == 0) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "HOST substring cannot be empty");
-    } else if (len > urllen) {
+    }
+    else
+    if (len > urllen) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "problem with length of HOST substring");
     }
@@ -2990,7 +3113,9 @@ H5FD_s3comms_parse_url(const char    *str,
         if (len == 0) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "PORT element cannot be empty");
-        } else if (len > urllen) {
+        }
+        else
+        if (len > urllen) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "problem with length of PORT substring");
         }
@@ -3005,12 +3130,12 @@ H5FD_s3comms_parse_url(const char    *str,
          */
         purl->port = (char *)H5MM_malloc(sizeof(char) * (size_t)(len + 1));
         if (purl->port == NULL) { /* cannot malloc */
-                HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL,
-                            "can't allocate space for PORT");
+            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL,
+                        "can't allocate space for PORT");
         }
         (void)HDstrncpy(purl->port, curstr, (size_t)len);
         purl->port[len] = 0;
-    } /* if PORT element */
+    } /* end if PORT element */
 
     /*************
      * READ PATH *
@@ -3040,7 +3165,7 @@ H5FD_s3comms_parse_url(const char    *str,
             (void)HDstrncpy(purl->path, curstr, (size_t)len);
             purl->path[len] = 0;
         }
-    } /* if PATH element */
+    } /* end if PATH element */
 
     /**************
      * READ QUERY *
@@ -3067,9 +3192,7 @@ H5FD_s3comms_parse_url(const char    *str,
         } /* cannot malloc path pointer */
         (void)HDstrncpy(purl->query, curstr, (size_t)len);
         purl->query[len] = 0;
-    } /* if QUERY exists */
-
-
+    } /* end if QUERY exists */
 
     *_purl = purl;
     ret_value =  SUCCEED;
@@ -3079,10 +3202,9 @@ done:
         H5FD_s3comms_free_purl(purl);
     }
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_parse_url() */
 
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_parse_url */
-
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char()
@@ -3129,15 +3251,12 @@ done:
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(char                *repr,
-                                 const unsigned char  c,
-                                 size_t              *repr_len)
+H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(
+        char                *repr,
+        const unsigned char  c,
+        size_t              *repr_len)
 {
-    unsigned int        acc           = 0;
     unsigned int        i             = 0;
-    unsigned int        k             = 0;
-    unsigned int        stack[4]      = {0, 0, 0, 0};
-    unsigned int        stack_size    = 0;
     int                 chars_written = 0;
     herr_t              ret_value     = SUCCEED;
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
@@ -3145,8 +3264,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(char                *repr,
     unsigned char       hex[3]        = {0, 0, 0};
 #endif
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
@@ -3172,13 +3289,19 @@ H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(char                *repr,
 #endif
         *repr_len = 3;
         chars_written = HDsnprintf(repr, 4, "%%%02X", c);
-        if (chars_written != 3)
+        if (chars_written < 0) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "cannot write char %c",
                         c);
-    } else {
+        }
+    } /* end if single-byte unicode char */
+    else {
         /* multi-byte, multi-percent representation
          */
+        unsigned int acc        = 0; /* byte accumulator */
+        unsigned int k          = 0; /* uint character representation */
+        unsigned int stack_size = 0;
+        unsigned char stack[4]  = {0, 0, 0, 0};
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
         HDfprintf(stdout, "    MULTI-BYTE\n");
 #endif
@@ -3191,21 +3314,22 @@ H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(char                *repr,
             acc = k;
             acc >>= 6; /* cull least */
             acc <<= 6; /* six bits   */
-            stack[stack_size++] = k - acc; /* max six-bit number */
+            stack[stack_size++] = (unsigned char)(k - acc);
             k = acc >> 6;
         } while (k > 0);
 
-        /* now have "stack" of two to four six-bit numbers
-         * to be put into UTF-8 byte fields
+        /* `stack` now has two to four six-bit 'numbers' to be put into
+         * UTF-8 byte fields.
          */
 
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
         HDfprintf(stdout, "    STACK:\n    {\n");
         for (i = 0; i < stack_size; i++) {
-            H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex((char *)hex,
-                                      (unsigned char *)(&stack[i]),
-                                      1,
-                                      FALSE);
+            H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex(
+                    (char *)hex,
+                    (&stack[i]),
+                    1,
+                    FALSE);
             hex[2] = 0;
             HDfprintf(stdout, "      %s,\n", hex);
         }
@@ -3218,15 +3342,20 @@ H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(char                *repr,
 
         /* prepend 11[1[1]]0 to first byte */
         /* 110xxxxx, 1110xxxx, or 11110xxx */
-        acc = 0xC0; /* 2^7 + 2^6 -> 11000000 */
-        acc += (stack_size > 2) ? 0x20 : 0;
-        acc += (stack_size > 3) ? 0x10 : 0;
-        stack_size -= 1;
-        chars_written = HDsnprintf(repr, 4, "%%%02X", acc + stack[stack_size]);
-        if (chars_written != 3)
+        acc = 0xC0;                         /* 0x11000000 */
+        acc += (stack_size > 2) ? 0x20 : 0; /* 0x00100000 */
+        acc += (stack_size > 3) ? 0x10 : 0; /* 0x00010000 */
+        stack_size--;
+        chars_written = HDsnprintf(
+                repr,
+                4,
+                "%%%02X",
+                (unsigned char)(acc + stack[stack_size]));
+        if (chars_written < 0) {
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                         "cannot write char %c",
                         c);
+        }
         *repr_len += 3;
 
         /************************
@@ -3235,25 +3364,27 @@ H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(char                *repr,
 
         /* 10xxxxxx */
         for (i = 0; i < stack_size; i++) {
-            chars_written = HDsnprintf(&repr[i*3 + 3],
-                                     4,
-                                     "%%%02X",
-                                     128 + stack[stack_size - 1 - i]);
-            if (chars_written != 3)
+            chars_written = HDsnprintf(
+                    &repr[i*3 + 3],
+                    4,
+                    "%%%02X",
+                    (unsigned char)(0x80 + stack[stack_size - 1 - i]));
+            if (chars_written < 0) {
                 HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                             "cannot write char %c",
                             c);
+            }
             *repr_len += 3;
-        }
-    }
+        } /* end for each continuation byte */
+    } /* end else (multi-byte) */
+
     *(repr + *repr_len) = '\0';
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
-
 } /* H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char */
 
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_signing_key()
@@ -3301,13 +3432,15 @@ done:
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_signing_key(unsigned char *md,
-                         const char    *secret,
-                         const char    *region,
-                         const char    *iso8601now)
+H5FD_s3comms_signing_key(
+        unsigned char *md,
+        const char    *secret,
+        const char    *region,
+        const char    *iso8601now)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     char          *AWS4_secret     = NULL;
     size_t         AWS4_secret_len = 0;
     unsigned char  datekey[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
@@ -3315,16 +3448,9 @@ H5FD_s3comms_signing_key(unsigned char *md,
     unsigned char  dateregionservicekey[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
     int            ret             = 0; /* return value of HDsnprintf */
     herr_t         ret_value       = SUCCEED;
-#else
-    herr_t         ret_value       = SUCCEED;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
-
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "called H5FD_s3comms_signing_key.\n");
 #endif
@@ -3356,10 +3482,11 @@ H5FD_s3comms_signing_key(unsigned char *md,
     /* prepend "AWS4" to start of the secret key
      */
     ret = HDsnprintf(AWS4_secret, AWS4_secret_len,"%s%s", "AWS4", secret);
-    if ((size_t)ret != (AWS4_secret_len - 1))
+    if ((size_t)ret != (AWS4_secret_len - 1)) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "problem writing AWS4+secret `%s`",
                     secret);
+    }
 
     /* hash_func, key, len(key), msg, len(msg), digest_dest, digest_len_dest
      * we know digest length, so ignore via NULL
@@ -3396,13 +3523,26 @@ H5FD_s3comms_signing_key(unsigned char *md,
 done:
     H5MM_xfree(AWS4_secret);
 
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_signing_key() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD not defined */
 
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_signing_key */
+herr_t
+H5FD_s3comms_signing_key(
+        unsigned char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *md,
+        const char    H5_ATTR_UNUSED *secret,
+        const char    H5_ATTR_UNUSED *region,
+        const char    H5_ATTR_UNUSED *iso8601now)
+{
+    herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR;
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_signing_key() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign()
@@ -3450,13 +3590,14 @@ done:
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign(char       *dest,
-                            const char *req,
-                            const char *now,
-                            const char *region)
+H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign(
+        char       *dest,
+        const char *req,
+        const char *now,
+        const char *region)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     unsigned char checksum[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH * 2 + 1];
     size_t        d         = 0;
     char          day[9];
@@ -3465,15 +3606,9 @@ H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign(char       *dest,
     int           ret       = 0; /* HDsnprintf return value */
     herr_t        ret_value = SUCCEED;
     char          tmp[128];
-#else
-    herr_t        ret_value = FAIL;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "called H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign.\n");
 #endif
@@ -3495,8 +3630,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign(char       *dest,
                     "Region cannot be NULL.\n")
     }
 
-
-
     for (i = 0; i < 128; i++) {
         tmp[i] = '\0';
     }
@@ -3507,11 +3640,10 @@ H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign(char       *dest,
     HDstrncpy(day, now, 8);
     day[8] = '\0';
     ret = HDsnprintf(tmp, 127, "%s/%s/s3/aws4_request", day, region);
-    if (ret <= 0 || ret >= 127)
+    if (ret <= 0 || ret >= 127) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "problem adding day and region to string")
-
-
+    }
 
     HDmemcpy((dest + d), "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256\n", 17);
     d = 17;
@@ -3528,11 +3660,12 @@ H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign(char       *dest,
            HDstrlen(req),
            checksum);
 
-    if (FAIL ==
-        H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex(hexsum,
-                                  (const unsigned char *)checksum,
-                                  SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH,
-                                  true))
+    if (H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex(
+            hexsum,
+            (const unsigned char *)checksum,
+            SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH,
+            true)
+        == FAIL)
     {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "could not create hex string");
@@ -3544,14 +3677,27 @@ H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign(char       *dest,
 
     dest[d] = '\0';
 
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5ros3_tostringtosign() */
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD not defined */
 
-} /* H5ros3_tostringtosign */
+herr_t
+H5FD_s3comms_tostringtosign(
+        char       H5_ATTR_UNUSED *dest,
+        const char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *req,
+        const char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *now,
+        const char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *region)
+{
+    herr_t        ret_value = FAIL;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5ros3_tostringtosign() */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_trim()
@@ -3594,9 +3740,7 @@ H5FD_s3comms_trim(char   *dest,
                   size_t  s_len,
                   size_t *n_written)
 {
-    herr_t               ret_value = SUCCEED;
-
-
+    herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED;
 
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
@@ -3612,8 +3756,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_trim(char   *dest,
         s_len = 0;
     }
 
-
-
     if (s_len > 0) {
         /* Find first non-whitespace character from start;
          * reduce total length per character.
@@ -3645,10 +3787,9 @@ H5FD_s3comms_trim(char   *dest,
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+} /* end H5FD_s3comms_trim() */
 
-} /* H5FD_s3comms_trim */
-
-
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: H5FD_s3comms_uriencode()
@@ -3698,11 +3839,12 @@ done:
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
-H5FD_s3comms_uriencode(char       *dest,
-                       const char *s,
-                       size_t      s_len,
-                       hbool_t     encode_slash,
-                       size_t     *n_written)
+H5FD_s3comms_uriencode(
+        char       *dest,
+        const char *s,
+        size_t      s_len,
+        hbool_t     encode_slash,
+        size_t     *n_written)
 {
     char   c         = 0;
     size_t dest_off  = 0;
@@ -3712,20 +3854,20 @@ H5FD_s3comms_uriencode(char       *dest,
     herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED;
     size_t s_off     = 0;
 
-
-
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT
 
 #if S3COMMS_DEBUG
     HDfprintf(stdout, "H5FD_s3comms_uriencode called.\n");
 #endif
 
-    if (s == NULL)
+    if (s == NULL) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "source string cannot be NULL");
-    if (dest == NULL)
+    }
+    if (dest == NULL) {
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
                     "destination cannot be NULL");
+    }
 
     /* Write characters to destination, converting to percent-encoded
      * "hex-utf-8" strings if necessary.
@@ -3741,12 +3883,14 @@ H5FD_s3comms_uriencode(char       *dest,
             (c == '/' && encode_slash == FALSE))
         {
             dest[dest_off++] = c;
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
             hex_off = 0;
-            if (FAIL ==
-                H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(hex_buffer,
-                                                 (const unsigned char)c,
-                                                 &hex_len))
+            if (H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(
+                    hex_buffer,
+                    (const unsigned char)c,
+                    &hex_len)
+                == FAIL)
             {
                 hex_buffer[0] = c;
                 hex_buffer[1] = 0;
@@ -3758,8 +3902,8 @@ H5FD_s3comms_uriencode(char       *dest,
             for (hex_off = 0; hex_off < hex_len; hex_off++) {
                 dest[dest_off++] = hex_buffer[hex_off];
             }
-        }
-    }
+        } /* end else (not a regular character) */
+    } /* end for each character */
 
     if (dest_off < s_len)
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL,
@@ -3769,7 +3913,6 @@ H5FD_s3comms_uriencode(char       *dest,
 
 done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
-
 } /* H5FD_s3comms_uriencode */
 
 
diff --git a/src/H5FDs3comms.h b/src/H5FDs3comms.h
index 93a5a81..16f6a8b 100644
--- a/src/H5FDs3comms.h
+++ b/src/H5FDs3comms.h
@@ -577,7 +577,9 @@ H5_DLL herr_t H5FD_s3comms_s3r_read(s3r_t   *handle,
 H5_DLL struct tm * gmnow(void);
 
 herr_t H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(char  *canonical_request_dest,
+                                          int    cr_size,
                                           char  *signed_headers_dest,
+                                          int    sh_size,
                                           hrb_t *http_request);
 
 H5_DLL herr_t H5FD_s3comms_bytes_to_hex(char                *dest,
diff --git a/test/hdfs.c b/test/hdfs.c
index 57dbac9..ab39da6 100644
--- a/test/hdfs.c
+++ b/test/hdfs.c
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Read-Only HDFS Virtual File Driver (VFD)                                 
+ * Read-Only HDFS Virtual File Driver (VFD)
  *
- * Purpose:     
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Verify behavior for Read-Only HDFS VFD.
  *
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@
 #include "H5FDhdfs.h"    /* this file driver's utilities */
 
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 #define HDFS_TEST_DEBUG 0
 #define HDFS_TEST_MAX_BUF_SIZE 256
-#if 0
-#define S3_TEST_MAX_URL_SIZE 256
-#endif /* s3comms relic */
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@
  *
  * Purpose:
  *
- *     1) Upon test failure, goto-jump to single-location teardown in test 
+ *     1) Upon test failure, goto-jump to single-location teardown in test
  *        function. E.g., `error:` (consistency with HDF corpus) or
  *        `failed:` (reflects purpose).
  *            >>> using "error", in part because `H5E_BEGIN_TRY` expects it.
@@ -48,22 +47,22 @@
  *        requires reading of entire line to know whether this if/call is
  *        part of the test setup, test operation, or a test unto itself.
  *     3) Provide testing macros with optional user-supplied failure message;
- *        if not supplied (NULL), generate comparison output in the spirit of 
+ *        if not supplied (NULL), generate comparison output in the spirit of
  *        test-driven development. E.g., "expected 5 but was -3"
  *        User messages clarify test's purpose in code, encouraging description
  *        without relying on comments.
  *     4) Configurable expected-actual order in generated comparison strings.
- *        Some prefer `VERIFY(expected, actual)`, others 
+ *        Some prefer `VERIFY(expected, actual)`, others
  *        `VERIFY(actual, expected)`. Provide preprocessor ifdef switch
  *        to satifsy both parties, assuming one paradigm per test file.
  *        (One could #undef and redefine the flag through the file as desired,
  *         but _why_.)
  *
- *     Provided as courtesy, per consideration for inclusion in the library 
+ *     Provided as courtesy, per consideration for inclusion in the library
  *     proper.
  *
  *     Macros:
- * 
+ *
  *         JSVERIFY_EXP_ACT - ifdef flag, configures comparison order
  *         FAIL_IF()        - check condition
  *         FAIL_UNLESS()    - check _not_ condition
@@ -80,8 +79,8 @@
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * ifdef flag: JSVERIFY_EXP_ACT
- * 
- * JSVERIFY macros accept arguments as (EXPECTED, ACTUAL[, reason]) 
+ *
+ * JSVERIFY macros accept arguments as (EXPECTED, ACTUAL[, reason])
  *   default, if this is undefined, is (ACTUAL, EXPECTED[, reason])
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -114,10 +113,10 @@
  *
  * Macro: FAIL_IF()
  *
- * Purpose:  
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Make tests more accessible and less cluttered than
- *         `if (thing == otherthing()) TEST_ERROR` 
+ *         `if (thing == otherthing()) TEST_ERROR`
  *         paradigm.
  *
  *     The following lines are roughly equivalent:
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ if (condition) {           \
  *
  *     TEST_ERROR wrapper to reduce cognitive overhead from "negative tests",
  *     e.g., "a != b".
- *     
+ *
  *     Opposite of FAIL_IF; fails if the given condition is _not_ true.
  *
  *     `FAIL_IF( 5 != my_op() )`
@@ -254,10 +253,10 @@ if (!(condition)) {            \
  *
  * Macro: JSVERIFY()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Verify that two long integers are equal.
- *     If unequal, print failure message 
+ *     If unequal, print failure message
  *     (with `reason`, if not NULL; expected/actual if NULL)
  *     and jump to `error` at end of function
  *
@@ -277,10 +276,10 @@ if ((long)(actual) != (long)(expected)) {      \
  *
  * Macro: JSVERIFY_NOT()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Verify that two long integers are _not_ equal.
- *     If equal, print failure message 
+ *     If equal, print failure message
  *     (with `reason`, if not NULL; expected/actual if NULL)
  *     and jump to `error` at end of function
  *
@@ -300,10 +299,10 @@ if ((long)(actual) == (long)(expected)) {      \
  *
  * Macro: JSVERIFY_STR()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Verify that two strings are equal.
- *     If unequal, print failure message 
+ *     If unequal, print failure message
  *     (with `reason`, if not NULL; expected/actual if NULL)
  *     and jump to `error` at end of function
  *
@@ -319,8 +318,8 @@ if (strcmp((actual), (expected)) != 0) {       \
 } /* JSVERIFY_STR */
 
 
-#else 
-/* JSVERIFY_EXP_ACT not defined 
+#else
+/* JSVERIFY_EXP_ACT not defined
  *
  * Repeats macros above, but with actual/expected parameters reversed.
  */
@@ -373,23 +372,30 @@ if (strcmp((actual), (expected)) != 0) {       \
  * OTHER MACROS AND DEFINITIONS *
  ********************************/
 
-/* copied from src/hdfs.c 
+/* copied from src/hdfs.c
  */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 #define MAXADDR (((haddr_t)1<<(8*sizeof(HDoff_t)-1))-1)
-#define MAX_HDFS_NAMENODE_NAME 128
+#endif /*  H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
+#define HDFS_NAMENODE_NAME_MAX_SIZE 128
 
 /*******************************
  * FILE-LOCAL GLOBAL VARIABLES *
  *******************************/
+
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 static const char filename_missing[]    = "/tmp/missing.txt";
 static const char filename_bard[]       = "/tmp/t8.shakespeare.txt";
 static const char filename_raven[]      = "/tmp/Poe_Raven.txt";
 static const char filename_example_h5[] = "/tmp/t.h5";
+#endif /*  H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 static H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t default_fa      = {
     1,    /* fa version */
     "localhost",   /* namenode name */
     0,    /* namenode port */
-    "",   /* user name */ 
+    "",   /* user name */
     "",   /* kerberos path */
     1024, /* buffer size */
 };
@@ -403,7 +409,7 @@ static H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t default_fa      = {
  *
  * Function: test_fapl_config_validation()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Test data consistency of fapl configuration.
  *     Tests `H5FD_hdfs_validate_config` indirectly through `H5Pset_fapl_hdfs`.
@@ -522,7 +528,7 @@ test_fapl_config_validation(void)
     for (i = 0; i < ncases; i++) {
 
         /*---------------
-         * per-test setup 
+         * per-test setup
          *---------------
          */
         case_ptr = &cases_arr[i];
@@ -535,7 +541,7 @@ test_fapl_config_validation(void)
          *-----------------------------------
          */
         H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
-            /* `H5FD_hdfs_validate_config(...)` is static/private 
+            /* `H5FD_hdfs_validate_config(...)` is static/private
              * to src/hdfs.c and cannot (and should not?) be tested directly?
              * Instead, validate config through public api.
              */
@@ -543,7 +549,7 @@ test_fapl_config_validation(void)
         } H5E_END_TRY;
 
         JSVERIFY( case_ptr->expected, success, case_ptr->msg )
-        
+
         /* Make sure we can get back what we put in.
          * Only valid if the fapl configuration does not result in error.
          */
@@ -566,7 +572,7 @@ test_fapl_config_validation(void)
                       "streambuffer size mismatch" )
             JSVERIFY_STR( config.namenode_name,
                           fa_fetch.namenode_name,
-                          NULL )    
+                          NULL )
             JSVERIFY_STR( config.user_name,
                           fa_fetch.user_name,
                           NULL )
@@ -599,7 +605,7 @@ error:
     }
     return 1;
 
-} /* test_fapl_config_validation */
+} /* end test_fapl_config_validation() */
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -608,7 +614,7 @@ error:
  *
  * Purpose:     Tests the file handle interface for the HDFS driver.
  *
- *              For now, test only fapl & flags.  Extend as the 
+ *              For now, test only fapl & flags.  Extend as the
  *              work on the VFD continues.
  *
  * Return:      Success:        0
@@ -642,7 +648,7 @@ test_hdfs_fapl(void)
 
     TESTING("HDFS fapl ");
 
-    /* Set property list and file name for HDFS driver. 
+    /* Set property list and file name for HDFS driver.
      */
     fapl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
     FAIL_IF( fapl_id < 0 )
@@ -654,12 +660,12 @@ test_hdfs_fapl(void)
 
     /****************
      * Check that the VFD feature flags are correct
-     * SPEC MAY CHANGE 
+     * SPEC MAY CHANGE
      ******************/
 
     FAIL_IF( H5FDdriver_query(driver_id, &driver_flags) < 0 )
 
-    JSVERIFY_NOT( 0, (driver_flags & H5FD_FEAT_DATA_SIEVE), 
+    JSVERIFY_NOT( 0, (driver_flags & H5FD_FEAT_DATA_SIEVE),
                   "bit(s) in `driver_flags` must align with "
                   "H5FD_FEAT_DATA_SIEVE" )
 
@@ -676,14 +682,14 @@ error:
 
     return 1;
 
-} /* test_hdfs_fapl() */
+} /* end test_hdfs_fapl() */
 
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_vfd_open()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Demonstrate/specify VFD-level "Open" failure cases
  *
@@ -700,6 +706,16 @@ error:
 static int
 test_vfd_open(void)
 {
+
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+    TESTING("HDFS VFD-level open");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -709,7 +725,6 @@ test_vfd_open(void)
 #define FAPL_UNCONFIGURED -3 /* H5P_FILE_ACCESS */
 #define FAPL_HDFS         -4
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     /*************************
      * test-local structures *
      *************************/
@@ -799,21 +814,14 @@ test_vfd_open(void)
             FALSE,
         },
     };
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+    unsigned  i                        = 0;
+    unsigned  failing_conditions_count = 10;
     H5FD_t   *fd                       = NULL;
     hid_t     fapl_hdfs                = -1;
     hid_t     fapl_unconfigured        = -1;
-    unsigned  i                        = 0;
-    unsigned  failing_conditions_count = 10;
 
     TESTING("HDFS VFD-level open");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     fapl_unconfigured = H5Pcreate(H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
     FAIL_IF( fapl_unconfigured < 0 )
 
@@ -833,10 +841,13 @@ test_vfd_open(void)
 
         fd = NULL;
 
-        if (T.which_fapl == FAPL_UNCONFIGURED)
+        if (T.which_fapl == FAPL_UNCONFIGURED) {
             fapl_id = fapl_unconfigured;
-        else if (T.which_fapl == FAPL_HDFS)
+        }
+        else
+        if (T.which_fapl == FAPL_HDFS) {
             fapl_id = fapl_hdfs;
+        }
 
 #if HDFS_TEST_DEBUG
         HDfprintf(stderr, "testing: %s\n", T.message);
@@ -852,10 +863,11 @@ test_vfd_open(void)
                 HDfprintf(stderr, "\n!!!!! WARNING !!!!!\n"              \
                           "    Successful open of file on local system " \
                           "with non-HDFS VFD.\n");
-                JSVERIFY(SUCCEED, H5FDclose(fd), 
+                JSVERIFY(SUCCEED, H5FDclose(fd),
                          "unable to close errant open");
                 fd = NULL;
-            } else {
+            }
+            else {
                 JSVERIFY(1, 0, T.message); /* print message and fail */
             }
         }
@@ -867,14 +879,14 @@ test_vfd_open(void)
         HDfprintf(stderr, "nominal open\n");
 #endif /* HDFS_TEST_DEBUG */
 
-    /* finally, show that a file can be opened 
+    /* finally, show that a file can be opened
      */
     fd = H5FDopen(
-            filename_bard, 
-            H5F_ACC_RDONLY, 
-            fapl_hdfs, 
+            filename_bard,
+            H5F_ACC_RDONLY,
+            fapl_hdfs,
             MAXADDR);
-    FAIL_IF( NULL == fd ) 
+    FAIL_IF( NULL == fd )
 
     /************
      * TEARDOWN *
@@ -895,20 +907,23 @@ test_vfd_open(void)
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 error:
+
     /***********
      * CLEANUP *
      ***********/
 
-    if (fd)
-        (void)H5FDclose(fd); 
+    if (fd) {
+        (void)H5FDclose(fd);
+    }
     H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
-        if (fapl_hdfs >= 0)
+        if (fapl_hdfs >= 0) {
             (void)H5Pclose(fapl_hdfs);
-        if (fapl_unconfigured >= 0)
+        }
+        if (fapl_unconfigured >= 0) {
             (void)H5Pclose(fapl_unconfigured);
+        }
     } H5E_END_TRY;
 
     return 1;
@@ -917,14 +932,16 @@ error:
 #undef FAPL_UNCONFIGURED
 #undef FAPL_HDFS
 
-} /* test_vfd_open */
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
+} /* end test_vfd_open() */
 
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_eof_eoa()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Demonstrate behavior of get_eof, get_eoa, and set_eoa.
  *
@@ -941,6 +958,15 @@ error:
 static int
 test_eof_eoa(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+    TESTING("HDFS eof/eoa gets and sets");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -958,16 +984,10 @@ test_eof_eoa(void)
 
     TESTING("HDFS eof/eoa gets and sets");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     /*********
      * SETUP *
      *********/
-    
+
     fapl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
     FAIL_IF( 0 > fapl_id )
     FAIL_IF( FAIL == H5Pset_fapl_hdfs(fapl_id, &default_fa) )
@@ -990,31 +1010,31 @@ test_eof_eoa(void)
               H5FDget_eof(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DRAW),
               "mismatch between DEFAULT and RAW memory types" )
     JSVERIFY( 0,
-              H5FDget_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT), 
+              H5FDget_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT),
               "EoA should be unset by H5FDopen" )
 
     /* set EoA below EoF
      */
-    JSVERIFY( SUCCEED, 
-              H5FDset_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT, 44442202), 
+    JSVERIFY( SUCCEED,
+              H5FDset_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT, 44442202),
               "unable to set EoA (lower)" )
-    JSVERIFY( 5458199, 
-              H5FDget_eof(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT), 
+    JSVERIFY( 5458199,
+              H5FDget_eof(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT),
               "EoF changed" )
-    JSVERIFY( 44442202, 
-              H5FDget_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT), 
+    JSVERIFY( 44442202,
+              H5FDget_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT),
               "EoA unchanged" )
 
     /* set EoA above EoF
      */
-    JSVERIFY( SUCCEED, 
-              H5FDset_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT, 6789012), 
+    JSVERIFY( SUCCEED,
+              H5FDset_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT, 6789012),
               "unable to set EoA (higher)" )
-    JSVERIFY( 5458199, 
-              H5FDget_eof(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT), 
+    JSVERIFY( 5458199,
+              H5FDget_eof(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT),
               "EoF changed" )
-    JSVERIFY( 6789012, 
-              H5FDget_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT), 
+    JSVERIFY( 6789012,
+              H5FDget_eoa(fd_shakespeare, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT),
               "EoA unchanged" )
 
     /************
@@ -1029,9 +1049,9 @@ test_eof_eoa(void)
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 error:
+
     /***********
      * CLEANUP *
      ***********/
@@ -1039,7 +1059,7 @@ error:
     if (fd_shakespeare != NULL) {
         (void)H5FDclose(fd_shakespeare);
     }
-    if (fapl_id >= 0) { 
+    if (fapl_id >= 0) {
         H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
             (void)H5Pclose(fapl_id);
         } H5E_END_TRY;
@@ -1047,15 +1067,17 @@ error:
 
     return 1;
 
-} /* test_eof_eoa */
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
+} /* end test_eof_eoa() */
 
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_H5FDread_without_eoa_set_fails()
- * 
+ *
  * Purpose:
- * 
+ *
  *     Demonstrate a not-obvious constraint by the library, preventing
  *     file read before EoA is set
  *
@@ -1067,26 +1089,27 @@ error:
 static int
 test_H5FDread_without_eoa_set_fails(void)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+    TESTING("HDFS VFD read-eoa temporal coupling library limitation");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else
+
     char          buffer[HDFS_TEST_MAX_BUF_SIZE];
     unsigned int  i                = 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
     H5FD_t       *file_shakespeare = NULL;
     hid_t         fapl_id          = -1;
 
     TESTING("HDFS VFD read-eoa temporal coupling library limitation");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     /*********
      * SETUP *
      *********/
 
-    /* create HDFS fapl 
+    /* create HDFS fapl
      */
     fapl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
     FAIL_IF( fapl_id < 0 )
@@ -1137,9 +1160,9 @@ test_H5FDread_without_eoa_set_fails(void)
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 error:
+
     /***********
      * CLEANUP *
      ***********/
@@ -1155,7 +1178,9 @@ error:
 
     return 1;
 
-} /* test_H5FDread_without_eoa_set_fails */
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
+} /* end test_H5FDread_without_eoa_set_fails() */
 
 
 
@@ -1163,7 +1188,7 @@ error:
  *
  * Function: test_read()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  * Return:
  *
@@ -1178,11 +1203,19 @@ error:
 static int
 test_read(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+    TESTING("HDFS VFD read/range-gets");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     /*************************
      * test-local structures *
      *************************/
@@ -1248,23 +1281,16 @@ test_read(void)
     herr_t            open_return      = FAIL;
     char              buffer[HDFS_TEST_MAX_BUF_SIZE];
     unsigned int      i                = 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
     H5FD_t           *file_raven       = NULL;
     hid_t             fapl_id          = -1;
 
     TESTING("HDFS VFD read/range-gets");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     /*********
      * SETUP *
      *********/
 
-    /* create HDFS fapl 
+    /* create HDFS fapl
      */
     fapl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
     FAIL_IF( fapl_id < 0 )
@@ -1275,7 +1301,7 @@ test_read(void)
         buffer[i] = 0;
     }
 
-    /* open file 
+    /* open file
      */
     file_raven = H5FDopen(
             filename_raven,
@@ -1301,7 +1327,7 @@ test_read(void)
 
         FAIL_IF( HDFS_TEST_MAX_BUF_SIZE < test.len ) /* buffer too small! */
 
-        FAIL_IF( FAIL == 
+        FAIL_IF( FAIL ==
                  H5FDset_eoa( file_raven, H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT, test.eoa_set) )
 
         /* zero buffer contents */
@@ -1345,15 +1371,16 @@ test_read(void)
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 error:
+
     /***********
      * CLEANUP *
      ***********/
 
-    if (file_raven != 0) 
+    if (file_raven != 0)  {
         (void)H5FDclose(file_raven);
+    }
     if (fapl_id >= 0) {
         H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
            (void)H5Pclose(fapl_id);
@@ -1362,14 +1389,16 @@ error:
 
     return 1;
 
-} /* test_read */
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
+} /* end test_read() */
 
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_noops_and_autofails()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Demonstrate the unavailable and do-nothing routines unique to
  *     Read-Only VFD.
@@ -1391,6 +1420,15 @@ error:
 static int
 test_noops_and_autofails(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+    TESTING("HDFS VFD always-fail and no-op routines");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -1413,13 +1451,7 @@ test_noops_and_autofails(void)
      * SETUP *
      *********/
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
-    /* create HDFS fapl 
+    /* create HDFS fapl
      */
     fapl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
     FAIL_IF( fapl_id < 0 )
@@ -1441,7 +1473,7 @@ test_noops_and_autofails(void)
     /* auto-fail calls to write and truncate
      */
     H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
-        JSVERIFY( FAIL, 
+        JSVERIFY( FAIL,
                   H5FDwrite(file, H5FD_MEM_DRAW, H5P_DEFAULT, 1000, 35, data),
                   "write must fail" )
     } H5E_END_TRY;
@@ -1485,9 +1517,9 @@ test_noops_and_autofails(void)
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 error:
+
     /***********
      * CLEANUP *
      ***********/
@@ -1503,14 +1535,16 @@ error:
 
     return 1;
 
-} /* test_noops_and_autofails*/
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
+} /* end test_noops_and_autofails() */
 
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_cmp()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Verify "file comparison" behavior.
  *
@@ -1527,117 +1561,6 @@ error:
 static int
 test_cmp(void)
 {
-#if 0
-    /*********************
-     * test-local macros *
-     *********************/
-
-    /*************************
-     * test-local structures *
-     *************************/
-
-    /************************
-     * test-local variables *
-     ************************/
-
-    H5FD_t           *fd_raven   = NULL;
-    H5FD_t           *fd_shakes  = NULL;
-    H5FD_t           *fd_raven_2 = NULL;
-    hbool_t           curl_ready = FALSE;
-    hid_t             fapl_id    = -1;
-
-
-
-    TESTING("HDFS cmp (comparison)");
-
-    if (s3_test_credentials_loaded == 0) {
-        SKIPPED();
-        puts("    s3 credentials are not loaded");
-        fflush(stdout);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    /*********
-     * SETUP *
-     *********/
-
-    FAIL_IF( CURLE_OK != curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT) )
-    curl_ready = TRUE;
-
-    fapl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
-    FAIL_IF( 0 > fapl_id )
-    JSVERIFY( SUCCEED, H5Pset_fapl_hdfs(fapl_id, &restricted_access_fa), NULL )
-
-    fd_raven = H5FDopen(
-            url_text_public,
-            H5F_ACC_RDONLY,
-            fapl_id,
-            HADDR_UNDEF);
-    FAIL_IF( NULL == fd_raven )
-
-    fd_shakes = H5FDopen(
-            url_text_restricted,
-            H5F_ACC_RDONLY,
-            fapl_id,
-            HADDR_UNDEF);
-    FAIL_IF( NULL == fd_shakes )
-
-    fd_raven_2 = H5FDopen(
-            url_text_public,
-            H5F_ACC_RDONLY,
-            fapl_id,
-            HADDR_UNDEF);
-    FAIL_IF( NULL == fd_raven_2 )
-
-    /*********
-     * TESTS *
-     *********/
-
-    JSVERIFY(  0, H5FDcmp(fd_raven,  fd_raven_2), NULL )
-    JSVERIFY( -1, H5FDcmp(fd_raven,  fd_shakes),  NULL )
-    JSVERIFY(  1, H5FDcmp(fd_shakes, fd_raven_2), NULL )
-
-    /************
-     * TEARDOWN *
-     ************/
-
-    FAIL_IF( FAIL == H5FDclose(fd_raven) )
-    fd_raven = NULL;
-    FAIL_IF( FAIL == H5FDclose(fd_shakes) )
-    fd_shakes = NULL;
-    FAIL_IF( FAIL == H5FDclose(fd_raven_2) )
-    fd_raven_2 = NULL;
-    FAIL_IF( FAIL == H5Pclose(fapl_id) )
-    fapl_id = -1;
-
-    curl_global_cleanup();
-    curl_ready = FALSE;
-
-    PASSED();
-    return 0;
-
-error:
-    /***********
-     * CLEANUP *
-     ***********/
-
-    if (fd_raven   != NULL)  (void)H5FDclose(fd_raven);
-    if (fd_raven_2 != NULL)  (void)H5FDclose(fd_raven_2);
-    if (fd_shakes  != NULL)  (void)H5FDclose(fd_shakes);
-    if (TRUE == curl_ready)  curl_global_cleanup();
-    if (fapl_id >= 0) { 
-        H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
-            (void)H5Pclose(fapl_id);
-        } H5E_END_TRY;
-    }
-
-#else
-    /*
-    JSFAILED_AT()
-    HDprintf("TODO\n");
-    return 1;
-    */
-
     TESTING("HDFS cmp (comparison)");
     SKIPPED();
     HDfprintf(
@@ -1645,16 +1568,15 @@ error:
             "    TODO: Distinct valid fapls to open the same file.\n");
 
     return 0;
-#endif /* s3comms relic */
 
-} /* test_cmp */
+} /* end test_cmp() */
 
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_H5F_integration()
  *
- * Purpose: 
+ * Purpose:
  *
  *     Demonstrate H5F (File interface) behavior with files on HDFS.
  *
@@ -1675,6 +1597,15 @@ error:
 static int
 test_H5F_integration(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
+    TESTING("HDFS file access through HD5F library (H5F API)");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -1696,12 +1627,6 @@ test_H5F_integration(void)
      * SETUP *
      *********/
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    HDFS VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     fapl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
     FAIL_IF( 0 > fapl_id )
     FAIL_IF( FAIL == H5Pset_fapl_hdfs(fapl_id, &default_fa) )
@@ -1749,7 +1674,6 @@ test_H5F_integration(void)
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 error:
     /***********
@@ -1771,6 +1695,8 @@ error:
 
     return 1;
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
+
 } /* test_H5F_integration */
 
 
@@ -1796,15 +1722,19 @@ main(void)
     /******************
      * commence tests *
      ******************/
-    
-    static char hdfs_namenode_name[MAX_HDFS_NAMENODE_NAME] = "";
+
+    static char hdfs_namenode_name[HDFS_NAMENODE_NAME_MAX_SIZE] = "";
     const char *hdfs_namenode_name_env = NULL;
 
     hdfs_namenode_name_env = HDgetenv("HDFS_TEST_NAMENODE_NAME");
     if (hdfs_namenode_name_env == NULL || hdfs_namenode_name_env[0] == '\0') {
-        HDstrncpy(hdfs_namenode_name, "localhost", 9);
-    } else {
-        HDstrncpy(default_fa.namenode_name, hdfs_namenode_name_env, MAX_HDFS_NAMENODE_NAME);
+        HDstrncpy(hdfs_namenode_name, "localhost", HDFS_NAMENODE_NAME_MAX_SIZE);
+    }
+    else {
+        HDstrncpy( /* TODO: error-check? */
+                default_fa.namenode_name,
+                hdfs_namenode_name_env,
+                HDFS_NAMENODE_NAME_MAX_SIZE);
     }
 
     h5_reset();
@@ -1823,14 +1753,15 @@ main(void)
 
     if (nerrors > 0) {
         HDprintf("***** %d hdfs TEST%s FAILED! *****\n",
-                 nerrors, 
+                 nerrors,
                  nerrors > 1 ? "S" : "");
         nerrors = 1;
-    } else {
+    }
+    else {
         HDprintf("All hdfs tests passed.\n");
     }
     return nerrors; /* 0 if no errors, 1 if any errors */
 
-} /* main() */
+} /* end main() */
 
 
diff --git a/test/ros3.c b/test/ros3.c
index 60d3932..6d58af0 100644
--- a/test/ros3.c
+++ b/test/ros3.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Read-Only S3 Virtual File Driver (VFD)                                   
+ * Read-Only S3 Virtual File Driver (VFD)
  *
  * Purpose:
  *
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 
 
 
+/* only include the testing macros if needed */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
  * FILE-LOCAL TESTING MACROS
@@ -368,15 +371,16 @@ if (strcmp((actual), (expected)) != 0) {       \
 
 #endif /* ifdef/else JSVERIFY_EXP_ACT */
 
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
+
 /********************************
  * OTHER MACROS AND DEFINITIONS *
  ********************************/
 
-/* copied from src/ros3.c
- */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+
 #define MAXADDR (((haddr_t)1<<(8*sizeof(HDoff_t)-1))-1)
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 #define S3_TEST_PROFILE_NAME "ros3_vfd_test"
 
 #define S3_TEST_MAX_URL_SIZE 256
@@ -440,6 +444,15 @@ H5FD_ros3_fapl_t anonymous_fa = {
 static int
 test_fapl_config_validation(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+    TESTING("ROS3 fapl configuration validation");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD defined */
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -458,7 +471,6 @@ test_fapl_config_validation(void)
      * test-local variables *
      ************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     hid_t            fapl_id     = -1;   /* file access property list ID */
     H5FD_ros3_fapl_t config;
     H5FD_ros3_fapl_t fa_fetch;
@@ -544,21 +556,12 @@ test_fapl_config_validation(void)
         },
     };
 
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
     TESTING("ROS3 fapl configuration validation");
 
     /*********
      * TESTS *
      *********/
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
-
     if (FALSE == s3_test_bucket_defined) {
         SKIPPED();
         puts("    environment variable HDF5_ROS3_TEST_BUCKET_URL not defined");
@@ -655,7 +658,7 @@ error:
  * Purpose:     Tests the file handle interface for the ROS3 driver
  *
  *              As the ROS3 driver is 1) read only, 2) requires access
- *              to an S3 server (minio for now), this test is quite
+ *              to an S3 server, this test is quite
  *              different from the other tests.
  *
  *              For now, test only fapl & flags.  Extend as the
@@ -675,11 +678,19 @@ error:
 static int
 test_ros3_fapl(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+    TESTING("ROS3 fapl ");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3 defined */
+
     /************************
      * test-local variables *
      ************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     hid_t             fapl_id        = -1;  /* file access property list ID */
     hid_t             driver_id      = -1;  /* ID for this VFD              */
     unsigned long     driver_flags   =  0;  /* VFD feature flags            */
@@ -690,16 +701,9 @@ test_ros3_fapl(void)
         "",                             /* secret_id     */
         "plugh",                        /* secret_key    */
     };
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("ROS3 fapl ");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     /* Set property list and file name for ROS3 driver.
      */
     fapl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
@@ -759,11 +763,19 @@ error:
 static int
 test_vfd_open(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+    TESTING("ROS3 VFD-level open");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD defined */
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 
 #define FAPL_H5P_DEFAULT -2
 #define FAPL_FILE_ACCESS -3
@@ -853,17 +865,9 @@ test_vfd_open(void)
     hid_t     fapl_file_access = -1;
     unsigned  i                = 0;
     unsigned  tests_count      = 10;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("ROS3 VFD-level open");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
-
     if (FALSE == s3_test_bucket_defined) {
         SKIPPED();
         puts("    environment variable HDF5_ROS3_TEST_BUCKET_URL not defined");
@@ -989,6 +993,15 @@ error:
 static int
 test_eof_eoa(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+    TESTING("ROS3 eof/eoa gets and sets");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD defined */
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -1001,20 +1014,12 @@ test_eof_eoa(void)
      * test-local variables *
      ************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     H5FD_t  *fd_shakespeare  = NULL;
     hbool_t  curl_ready      = FALSE;
     hid_t    fapl_id         = -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("ROS3 eof/eoa gets and sets");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     if (s3_test_credentials_loaded == 0) {
         SKIPPED();
         puts("    s3 credentials are not loaded");
@@ -1136,21 +1141,22 @@ error:
 static int
 test_H5FDread_without_eoa_set_fails(void)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+    TESTING("ROS3 VFD read-eoa temporal coupling library limitation ");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD defined */
+
     char              buffer[256];
     unsigned int      i                = 0;
     H5FD_t           *file_shakespeare = NULL;
     hid_t             fapl_id          = -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("ROS3 VFD read-eoa temporal coupling library limitation ");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     if (s3_test_credentials_loaded == 0) {
         SKIPPED();
         puts("    s3 credentials are not loaded");
@@ -1256,6 +1262,15 @@ error:
 static int
 test_read(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+    TESTING("ROS3 VFD read/range-gets");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD defined */
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -1275,7 +1290,6 @@ test_read(void)
     /************************
      * test-local variables *
      ************************/
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     struct testcase cases[] = {
         {   "successful range-get",
             6464,
@@ -1328,16 +1342,9 @@ test_read(void)
     unsigned int      i                = 0;
     H5FD_t           *file_raven       = NULL;
     hid_t             fapl_id          = -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("ROS3 VFD read/range-gets");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     if (s3_test_credentials_loaded == 0) {
         SKIPPED();
         puts("    s3 credentials are not loaded");
@@ -1471,6 +1478,15 @@ error:
 static int
 test_noops_and_autofails(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+    TESTING("ROS3 VFD always-fail and no-op routines");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -1483,21 +1499,13 @@ test_noops_and_autofails(void)
      * test-local variables *
      ************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     hbool_t           curl_ready = FALSE;
     hid_t             fapl_id    = -1;
     H5FD_t           *file       = NULL;
     const char        data[36]   = "The Force shall be with you, always";
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("ROS3 VFD always-fail and no-op routines");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
 
     if (FALSE == s3_test_bucket_defined) {
         SKIPPED();
@@ -1624,6 +1632,15 @@ error:
 static int
 test_cmp(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+    TESTING("ROS3 cmp (comparison)");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -1636,22 +1653,14 @@ test_cmp(void)
      * test-local variables *
      ************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     H5FD_t           *fd_raven   = NULL;
     H5FD_t           *fd_shakes  = NULL;
     H5FD_t           *fd_raven_2 = NULL;
     hbool_t           curl_ready = FALSE;
     hid_t             fapl_id    = -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("ROS3 cmp (comparison)");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     if (s3_test_credentials_loaded == 0) {
         SKIPPED();
         puts("    s3 credentials are not loaded");
@@ -1767,6 +1776,15 @@ error:
 static int
 test_H5F_integration(void)
 {
+#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
+    TESTING("S3 file access through HD5F library (H5F API)");
+    SKIPPED();
+    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+
+#else
+
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -1779,19 +1797,11 @@ test_H5F_integration(void)
      * test-local variables *
      ************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     hid_t file    = -1;
     hid_t fapl_id = -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("S3 file access through HD5F library (H5F API)");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     if (s3_test_credentials_loaded == 0) {
         SKIPPED();
         puts("    s3 credentials are not loaded");
diff --git a/test/s3comms.c b/test/s3comms.c
index a797e04..d636550 100644
--- a/test/s3comms.c
+++ b/test/s3comms.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Read-Only S3 Virtual File Driver (VFD)                                   
+ * Read-Only S3 Virtual File Driver (VFD)
  *
  * Purpose:    Unit tests for the S3 Communications (s3comms) module.
  *
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static hbool_t s3_test_bucket_defined                   = FALSE;
 
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
-
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_macro_format_credential()
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ test_macro_format_credential(void)
      * test-local variables *
      ************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     char       dest[256];
     const char access[]   = "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE";
     const char date[]     = "20130524";
@@ -416,16 +415,9 @@ test_macro_format_credential(void)
     const char service[]  = "s3";
     const char expected[] =
             "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20130524/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request";
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("test_macro_format_credential");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     FAIL_IF( S3COMMS_MAX_CREDENTIAL_SIZE <
              S3COMMS_FORMAT_CREDENTIAL(dest, access, date, region, service) )
 
@@ -433,14 +425,13 @@ test_macro_format_credential(void)
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
 error:
     return -1;
 
-} /* test_macro_format_credential */
-
+} /* end test_macro_format_credential() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_aws_canonical_request()
@@ -465,7 +456,6 @@ test_aws_canonical_request(void)
      * test-local structures *
      *************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     struct header {
         const char *name;
         const char *value;
@@ -520,16 +510,9 @@ test_aws_canonical_request(void)
     hrb_node_t      *node      = NULL; /* http headers list pointer */
     unsigned int     n_cases   = 3;
     char             sh_dest[64];       /* signed headers */
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("test_aws_canonical_request");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     for (i = 0; i < n_cases; i++) {
         /* pre-test bookkeeping
          */
@@ -559,16 +542,22 @@ test_aws_canonical_request(void)
         /* test
          */
         JSVERIFY( SUCCEED,
-                  H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(cr_dest, sh_dest, hrb),
+                  H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(
+                          cr_dest,
+                          512,
+                          sh_dest,
+                          64,
+                          hrb),
                   " unable to compose canonical request" )
         JSVERIFY_STR( C->exp_headers, sh_dest, NULL )
         JSVERIFY_STR( C->exp_request, cr_dest, NULL )
 
         /* tear-down
          */
-        while (node != NULL)
+        while (node != NULL) {
             FAIL_IF( FAIL ==
                      H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(&node, node->name, NULL));
+        }
         HDassert(NULL == node);
         FAIL_IF( FAIL == H5FD_s3comms_hrb_destroy(&hrb));
         HDassert(NULL == hrb);
@@ -581,14 +570,29 @@ test_aws_canonical_request(void)
 
      /*  malformed hrb and/or node-list
       */
-    JSVERIFY( FAIL, H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(cr_dest, sh_dest, NULL),
+    JSVERIFY( FAIL, H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(
+                      cr_dest,
+                      20,
+                      sh_dest,
+                      20,
+                      NULL),
               "http request object cannot be null" )
 
     hrb = H5FD_s3comms_hrb_init_request("GET", "/", "HTTP/1.1");
-    JSVERIFY( FAIL, H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(NULL, sh_dest, hrb),
+    JSVERIFY( FAIL, H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(
+                      NULL,
+                      20,
+                      sh_dest,
+                      20,
+                      hrb),
               "canonical request destination cannot be NULL" )
 
-    JSVERIFY( FAIL, H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(cr_dest, NULL, hrb),
+    JSVERIFY( FAIL, H5FD_s3comms_aws_canonical_request(
+                      cr_dest,
+                      20,
+                      NULL,
+                      20,
+                      hrb),
               "signed headers destination cannot be null" )
 
     FAIL_IF( FAIL == H5FD_s3comms_hrb_destroy(&hrb) )
@@ -604,15 +608,15 @@ error:
                (void)H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(&node, node->name, NULL);
         HDassert( node == NULL );
     }
-    if (hrb != NULL)
+    if (hrb != NULL) {
         (void)H5FD_s3comms_hrb_destroy(&hrb);
+    }
 
     return -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
-} /* test_aws_canonical_request */
 
+} /* end test_aws_canonical_request() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_bytes_to_hex
@@ -706,9 +710,9 @@ test_bytes_to_hex(void)
 error:
     return -1;
 
-} /* test_bytes_to_hex */
-
+} /* end test_bytes_to_hex() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_hrb_init_request()
@@ -725,7 +729,6 @@ error:
 static herr_t
 test_hrb_init_request(void)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     /*********************
      * test-local macros *
      *********************/
@@ -769,7 +772,7 @@ test_hrb_init_request(void)
             "HTTP/1.1",
             FALSE,
         },
-        {   "slash prepented to resource path, if necessary",
+        {   "slash prepended to resource path, if necessary",
             NULL,
             "MYPATH/MYFILE.tiff",
             "/MYPATH/MYFILE.tiff",
@@ -788,29 +791,25 @@ test_hrb_init_request(void)
     unsigned int     i      = 0;
     unsigned int     ncases = 5;
     hrb_t           *req    = NULL;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("hrb_init_request");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     for (i = 0; i < ncases; i++) {
         C = &cases[i];
-        req = H5FD_s3comms_hrb_init_request(C->verb,
-                                            C->resource,
-                                            C->version);
+        req = H5FD_s3comms_hrb_init_request(
+                C->verb,
+                C->resource,
+                C->version);
         if (cases[i].ret_null == TRUE) {
             FAIL_IF( req != NULL );
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
             FAIL_IF( req == NULL );
             JSVERIFY( S3COMMS_HRB_MAGIC, req->magic, NULL )
             if (C->verb == NULL) {
                 JSVERIFY_STR( "GET", req->verb, NULL )
-            } else {
+            }
+            else {
                 JSVERIFY_STR( req->verb, C->verb, NULL )
             }
             JSVERIFY_STR( "HTTP/1.1",  req->version,  NULL )
@@ -823,7 +822,7 @@ test_hrb_init_request(void)
             FAIL_IF( NULL != req ); /* should annull pointer as well as free */
         }
 
-    } /* for each testcase */
+    } /* end for each testcase */
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
@@ -832,11 +831,10 @@ error:
     (void)H5FD_s3comms_hrb_destroy(&req);
 
     return -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
-} /* test_hrb_init_request */
 
+} /* end test_hrb_init_request() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_hrb_node_set()
@@ -853,7 +851,6 @@ error:
 static herr_t
 test_hrb_node_set(void)
 {
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     /*************************
      * test-local structures *
      *************************/
@@ -1071,18 +1068,10 @@ test_hrb_node_set(void)
     };
     unsigned testcases_count = 16;
     unsigned test_i = 0;
-
     hrb_node_t *list = NULL;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
-    TESTING("test_hrb_node_t");
+    TESTING("hrb_node_t (test_hrb_node_set)");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     for (test_i = 0; test_i < testcases_count; test_i++) {
         const hrb_node_t  *node = NULL;
         const testcase    *test = &(cases[test_i]);
@@ -1137,21 +1126,22 @@ test_hrb_node_set(void)
             FAIL_IF( SUCCEED !=
                      H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(&list, list->name, NULL) )
         }
-    }
+    } /* end for each testcase */
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
 
 error:
-    while (list != NULL)
+    while (list != NULL) {
         (void)H5FD_s3comms_hrb_node_set(&list, list->name, NULL);
+    }
 
     return -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
-} /* test_hrb_node_t */
+} /* end test_hrb_node_t() */
 
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_HMAC_SHA256()
@@ -1265,13 +1255,13 @@ test_HMAC_SHA256(void)
                           dest);
                 TEST_ERROR;
             }
-#else
+#else /* VERBOSE not defined */
             /* simple pass/fail test
              */
             JSVERIFY( 0,
                       strncmp(cases[i].exp, dest, HDstrlen(cases[i].exp)),
                       NULL);
-#endif
+#endif /* VERBOSE */
         }
         free(dest);
     }
@@ -1284,9 +1274,9 @@ error:
     return -1;
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
-} /* test_HMAC_SHA256 */
-
+} /* end test_HMAC_SHA256() */
 
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_nlowercase()
@@ -1307,7 +1297,6 @@ test_nlowercase(void)
      * test-local structures *
      *************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     struct testcase {
         const char *in;
         size_t      len;
@@ -1338,16 +1327,9 @@ test_nlowercase(void)
     char *dest    = NULL;
     int   i       = 0;
     int   n_cases = 3;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("nlowercase");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     for (i = 0; i < n_cases; i++) {
         dest = (char *)HDmalloc(sizeof(char) * 16);
 
@@ -1360,7 +1342,7 @@ test_nlowercase(void)
             JSVERIFY( 0, strncmp(dest, cases[i].exp, cases[i].len), NULL )
         }
         free(dest);
-    }
+    } /* end for each testcase */
 
     JSVERIFY( FAIL,
               H5FD_s3comms_nlowercase(NULL,
@@ -1374,11 +1356,10 @@ test_nlowercase(void)
 error:
     free(dest);
     return -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
-} /* test_nlowercase */
 
+} /* end test_nlowercase() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_parse_url()
@@ -1399,7 +1380,6 @@ test_parse_url(void)
      * test-local structures *
      *************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     typedef struct {
         const char *scheme;
         const char *host;
@@ -1540,16 +1520,9 @@ test_parse_url(void)
             "non-decimal PORT (01a3)",
         },
     };
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("url-parsing functionality");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     /*********
      * TESTS *
      *********/
@@ -1564,7 +1537,8 @@ test_parse_url(void)
         if (cases[i].exp_ret == FAIL) {
             /* on FAIL, `purl` should be untouched--remains NULL */
             FAIL_UNLESS( purl == NULL )
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
             /* on SUCCEED, `purl` should be set */
             FAIL_IF( purl == NULL )
 
@@ -1612,7 +1586,7 @@ test_parse_url(void)
             } else {
                 FAIL_UNLESS( NULL == purl->query )
             }
-        } /* if parse-url return SUCCEED/FAIL */
+        } /* end if parse-url return SUCCEED/FAIL */
 
         /* per-test cleanup
          * well-behaved, even if `purl` is NULL
@@ -1620,7 +1594,7 @@ test_parse_url(void)
         FAIL_IF( FAIL == H5FD_s3comms_free_purl(purl) )
         purl = NULL;
 
-    } /* for each testcase */
+    } /* end for each testcase */
 
     PASSED();
     return 0;
@@ -1632,11 +1606,10 @@ error:
     (void)H5FD_s3comms_free_purl(purl);
 
     return -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
-} /* test_parse_url */
 
+} /* end test_parse_url() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_percent_encode_char()
@@ -1662,7 +1635,6 @@ test_percent_encode_char(void)
      * test-local structures *
      *************************/
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     struct testcase {
         const char  c;
         const char *exp;
@@ -1692,16 +1664,9 @@ test_percent_encode_char(void)
     size_t dest_len = 0;
     int    i        = 0;
     int    n_cases  = 5;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
     TESTING("percent encode characters");
 
-#ifndef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-    SKIPPED();
-    puts("    ROS3 VFD is not enabled");
-    fflush(stdout);
-    return 0;
-#else
     for (i = 0; i < n_cases; i++) {
         JSVERIFY( SUCCEED,
                   H5FD_s3comms_percent_encode_char(
@@ -1726,11 +1691,9 @@ test_percent_encode_char(void)
 
 error:
     return -1;
-#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
-
-} /* test_percent_encode_char */
-
+} /* end test_percent_encode_char() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: test_s3r_open()
  *
@@ -1798,9 +1761,9 @@ error:
     return -1;
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
-} /* test_s3r_get_filesize */
-
+} /* end test_s3r_get_filesize() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: test_s3r_open()
  *
@@ -2039,9 +2002,9 @@ error:
     return -1;
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
-} /* test_s3r_open */
-
+} /* end test_s3r_open() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_s3r_read()
@@ -2265,7 +2228,7 @@ error:
 #undef S3COMMS_TEST_BUFFER_SIZE
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
-} /* test_s3r_read */
+} /* end test_s3r_read() */
 
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2404,9 +2367,9 @@ error:
     return -1;
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
-} /* test_signing_key */
-
+} /* end test_signing_key() */
 
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_tostringtosign()
@@ -2476,9 +2439,9 @@ error :
     return -1;
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
-} /* test_tostringtosign */
-
+} /* end test_tostringtosign() */
 
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_trim()
@@ -2563,7 +2526,7 @@ test_trim(void)
         }
         free(str);
         str = NULL;
-    }
+    } /* end for each testcase */
 
     JSVERIFY( SUCCEED, H5FD_s3comms_trim(dest, NULL, 3, &dest_len),
               "should not fail when trimming a null string" );
@@ -2582,13 +2545,14 @@ test_trim(void)
     return 0;
 
 error:
-    if (str != NULL)
+    if (str != NULL) {
         free(str);
+    }
     return -1;
 
-} /* test_trim */
-
+} /* end test_trim() */
 
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Function: test_uriencode()
@@ -2685,7 +2649,7 @@ test_uriencode(void)
 
         free(dest);
         dest = NULL;
-    }
+    } /* end for each testcase */
 
     /***************
      * ERROR CASES *
@@ -2713,11 +2677,11 @@ error:
     }
     return -1;
 
-} /* test_uriencode */
-
+} /* end test_uriencode() */
 
 
 
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: main()
  *
@@ -2774,7 +2738,8 @@ main(void)
     if (bucket_url_env == NULL || bucket_url_env[0] == '\0') {
         HDprintf("WARNING: S3 bucket url is not defined in enviornment " \
                  "variable 'HDF5_ROS3_TEST_BUCKET_URL'!\n");
-    } else {
+    }
+    else {
         HDstrncpy(s3_test_bucket_url, bucket_url_env, S3_TEST_MAX_URL_SIZE);
         s3_test_bucket_defined = TRUE;
     }
@@ -2799,12 +2764,12 @@ main(void)
     nerrors += test_s3r_get_filesize()        < 0 ? 1 : 0;
     nerrors += test_s3r_read()                < 0 ? 1 : 0;
 
-    if(nerrors) {
+    if (nerrors) {
         HDprintf("***** %d S3comms TEST%s FAILED! *****\n",
                  nerrors,
                  nerrors > 1 ? "S" : "");
         return 1;
-    } /* end if */
+    }
 
     HDprintf("All S3comms tests passed.\n");
 
diff --git a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c
index 347c189..5df701a 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static int           doxml = 0;
 static int           useschema = 1;
 static const char   *xml_dtd_uri = NULL;
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 static H5FD_ros3_fapl_t ros3_fa = {
     1,     /* version           */
     false, /* authenticate      */
@@ -31,7 +32,9 @@ static H5FD_ros3_fapl_t ros3_fa = {
     "",    /* access key id     */
     "",    /* secret access key */
 };
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 static H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t hdfs_fa = {
     1,           /* fapl version          */
     "localhost", /* namenode name         */
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ static H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t hdfs_fa = {
     "",          /* user name             */
     2048,        /* stream buffer size    */
 };
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 /* module-scoped variables for XML option */
 #define DEFAULT_XSD     "http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/XML/schema/HDF5-File.xsd"
diff --git a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
index 2364f23..7e2a431 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
@@ -2612,6 +2612,7 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     int err_exit = 0;
     hid_t fapl_id = H5P_DEFAULT;
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
     /* default "anonymous" s3 configuration */
     H5FD_ros3_fapl_t ros3_fa = {
         1,     /* fapl version      */
@@ -2620,7 +2621,9 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
         "",    /* access key id     */
         "",    /* secret access key */
     };
+#endif /* H5_HVAE_ROS3_VFD */
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
     /* "default" HDFS configuration */
     H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t hdfs_fa = {
         1,           /* fapl version          */
@@ -2630,6 +2633,7 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
         "",          /* user name             */
         2048,        /* stream buffer size    */
     };
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
     h5tools_setprogname(PROGRAMNAME);
     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_SUCCESS);
diff --git a/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c b/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c
index dd03f18..75d325a 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ typedef struct iter_t {
 
 static const char *drivername = "";
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
 /* default "anonymous" s3 configuration
  */
 static H5FD_ros3_fapl_t ros3_fa = {
@@ -129,7 +130,9 @@ static H5FD_ros3_fapl_t ros3_fa = {
     "",    /* access key id     */
     "",    /* secret access key */
 };
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD */
 
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
 /* default HDFS access configuration
  */
 static H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t hdfs_fa = {
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ static H5FD_hdfs_fapl_t hdfs_fa = {
     "",          /* user name             */
     2048,        /* stream buffer size    */
 };
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS */
 
 static int        display_all = TRUE;
 
@@ -544,8 +548,8 @@ dataset_stats(iter_t *iter, const char *name, const H5O_info_t *oi)
         HGOTO_ERROR(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "attribute_stats() failed");
 
     /* Get storage info */
-    if((storage = H5Dget_storage_size(did)) < 0)
-        HGOTO_ERROR(FAIL, H5E_tools_min_id_g, "H5Dget_storage_size() failed");
+    /* Failure 0 indistinguishable from no-data-stored 0 */
+    storage = H5Dget_storage_size(did); 
 
     /* Gather layout statistics */
     if((dcpl = H5Dget_create_plist(did)) < 0)