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Re: errno reset when using thread enabled gcc


On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Anurag Sharma wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have come across a strange behaviour using native gcc on cygwin. I
> understand that this issue is not 100% relevant to this list, but I am
> hoping some one might have come across this issue before. Apologies for
> any incovinience. I have posted the same on newlib mailing list too.
>
> Consider this short code:
>
>    int fd = ::open("/tmp/errnotest", O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
>
>     if (fd == -1) {
>         std::cerr << "open failed, errno=" << errno << ", strerror=" << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
>         std::cerr << "open failed, errno=" << errno << ", strerror=" << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
>     }
>
> If I build the gcc compiler by providing --enable-threads=single option
> in the configure stage, following is the output :
>
> open failed, errno=2, strerror=No such file or directory
> open failed, errno=2, strerror=No such file or directory
>
> This is of course expected.
>
> Hoewever if I build the compiler by providing --enable-threads=posix
> option in the configure stage, the output is as follows :
>
> open failed, errno=2, strerror=No such file or directory
> open failed, errno=0, strerror=No error
>
> That is , after the first call to errno, it is reset!!
>
> Has anyone else experiened this before? Can anyone please help find out
> what exactly is going wrong?
>
> Regards,
>
> Anurag

Anurag,

While I don't know for sure that this is what's happening, have you
considered that operator<< or endl may (re)set errno?
	Igor
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