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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000572 | 1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 | System Interfaces | public | 2012-05-30 15:12 | 2019-06-10 08:55 |
| Reporter | geoffclare | Assigned To | ajosey | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Objection | Type | Error |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted As Marked | ||
| Name | Geoff Clare | ||||
| Organization | The Open Group | ||||
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| Section | dirfd | ||||
| Page Number | 723 | ||||
| Line Number | 24338 | ||||
| Interp Status | Approved | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | see 0000572:0001247 | ||||
| Summary | 0000572: dirfd() ENOTSUP can never happen | ||||
| Description | The dirfd() page includes this optional error: [ENOTSUP] The implementation does not support the association of a file descriptor with a directory. However, if open() is called with the pathname of a directory and with the flag O_SEARCH, the standard requires it to return a file descriptor that refers to the directory; therefore no conforming implementation could ever meet the ENOTSUP condition. Also, I can see no reason why dirfd() should be allowed not to set errno when it returns -1. The proposed changes correct this by changing "may" to "shall" in the RETURN VALUE section. Finally, there is a misspelling of opendir() in the rationale. | ||||
| Desired Action | At line 24333 change: and may set errno to: and shall set errno At line 24338 delete the ENOTSUP error. At line 24351 change "diropen()" to "opendir()". At line 24354 delete: An implementation that does not support file descriptors referring to directories may fail with [ENOTSUP]. | ||||
| Tags | tc2-2008 | ||||
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Interpretation response ------------------------ The standard states that implementations need not set errno, and conforming implementations must conform to this. However, concerns have been raised about this which are being referred to the sponsor. Rationale: ------------- All implementations must support a file descriptor referring to a directory, even if that descriptor is not used by readdir(). Furthermore, failure of dirfd() without setting errno is not useful to applications. Notes to the Editor (not part of this interpretation): ------------------------------------------------------- See Desired Action |
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Interpretation proposed 29 June 2012 for final 45 day review |
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Interpretation approved 30 Aug 2012 |
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Note that the RATIONALE change from diropen() to opendir() has already been done in the 2013 edition and so does not need to be included in TC2. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-30 15:12 | geoffclare | New Issue | |
| 2012-05-30 15:12 | geoffclare | Status | New => Under Review |
| 2012-05-30 15:12 | geoffclare | Assigned To | => ajosey |
| 2012-05-30 15:12 | geoffclare | Name | => Geoff Clare |
| 2012-05-30 15:12 | geoffclare | Organization | => The Open Group |
| 2012-05-30 15:12 | geoffclare | Section | => dirfd |
| 2012-05-30 15:12 | geoffclare | Page Number | => 723 |
| 2012-05-30 15:12 | geoffclare | Line Number | => 24338 |
| 2012-05-30 15:12 | geoffclare | Interp Status | => --- |
| 2012-05-30 16:22 | eblake | Relationship added | related to 0000391 |
| 2012-05-31 15:50 | eblake | Note Added: 0001247 | |
| 2012-05-31 15:51 | eblake | Interp Status | --- => Pending |
| 2012-05-31 15:51 | eblake | Final Accepted Text | => see 0000572:0001247 |
| 2012-05-31 15:51 | eblake | Status | Under Review => Interpretation Required |
| 2012-05-31 15:51 | eblake | Resolution | Open => Accepted |
| 2012-05-31 15:51 | eblake | Tag Attached: tc2-2008 | |
| 2012-05-31 15:52 | eblake | Resolution | Accepted => Accepted As Marked |
| 2012-05-31 15:53 | eblake | Note Edited: 0001247 | |
| 2012-06-29 16:14 | ajosey | Interp Status | Pending => Proposed |
| 2012-06-29 16:14 | ajosey | Note Added: 0001284 | |
| 2012-08-30 09:12 | ajosey | Interp Status | Proposed => Approved |
| 2012-08-30 09:12 | ajosey | Note Added: 0001347 | |
| 2015-09-16 10:31 | geoffclare | Note Added: 0002828 | |
| 2019-06-10 08:55 | agadmin | Status | Interpretation Required => Closed |
