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authorEd Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org>2009-06-22 08:08:12 +0000
committerEd Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org>2009-06-22 08:08:12 +0000
commitb2f21fb044b6b5c52cff6227f9f79ca4ed42b18f (patch)
tree86c1bc482baa6c81fc70b8d715153bfa93377186 /lib/System/Unix/Unix.h
parent600c6fa13de5c407dc36dbb0ab73807868741ae0 (diff)
Notes
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/System/Unix/Unix.h')
-rw-r--r--lib/System/Unix/Unix.h9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/System/Unix/Unix.h b/lib/System/Unix/Unix.h
index 452226f4f79ab..c2c06dd114e50 100644
--- a/lib/System/Unix/Unix.h
+++ b/lib/System/Unix/Unix.h
@@ -79,12 +79,19 @@ static inline bool MakeErrMsg(
return true;
char buffer[MAXPATHLEN];
buffer[0] = 0;
+ char* str = buffer;
if (errnum == -1)
errnum = errno;
#ifdef HAVE_STRERROR_R
// strerror_r is thread-safe.
if (errnum)
+# if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(_GNU_SOURCE)
+ // glibc defines its own incompatible version of strerror_r
+ // which may not use the buffer supplied.
+ str = strerror_r(errnum,buffer,MAXPATHLEN-1);
+# else
strerror_r(errnum,buffer,MAXPATHLEN-1);
+# endif
#elif HAVE_STRERROR
// Copy the thread un-safe result of strerror into
// the buffer as fast as possible to minimize impact
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ static inline bool MakeErrMsg(
// but, oh well, just use a generic message
sprintf(buffer, "Error #%d", errnum);
#endif
- *ErrMsg = prefix + ": " + buffer;
+ *ErrMsg = prefix + ": " + str;
return true;
}