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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000097 | 1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 | System Interfaces | public | 2009-06-29 20:14 | 2013-04-16 13:06 |
| Reporter | pogma | Assigned To | ajosey | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Comment | Type | Clarification Requested |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted As Marked | ||
| Name | Peter O'Gorman | ||||
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| Section | dlerror | ||||
| Page Number | 730 | ||||
| Line Number | 24539 | ||||
| Interp Status | Approved | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | 0000097:0000138 | ||||
| Summary | 0000097: per-thread dlerror strings | ||||
| Description | _____________________________________________________________________________ COMMENT Enhancement Request Number 27 peter:xxxxxxxxx Defect in XSH dlerror (rdvk# 1) {none} Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:01:28 GMT _____________________________________________________________________________ The dlerror description can be read in such a way that per-thread dlerror strings are not allowed, see the discussion thread (http://www.opengroup.org/austin/mailarchives/ag/msg15415.html) on the opengroup list for a variety of interpretations. A number of implementations from multiple vendors have thread specific errors, including: HP-UX, GNU/Linux with Glibc, Mac OS X, Tru64 Unix, z/OS. Information on most of these implementations was gathered with a small test program, however z/OS information was provided by its manual page: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r10/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos.r10.bpxbd00/dlerror.htm The standard should reflect existing practice and should explicitly allow per-thread errors. | ||||
| Desired Action | Change: The dlerror() function need not be thread-safe. To: The dlerror() function need not be thread-safe, however a thread-safe implementation may return only errors that occur on the current thread. | ||||
| Tags | tc1-2008 | ||||
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Interpretation response ------------------------ The standard states the requirements for dlerror() strings and conforming implementations must conform to this. However, concerns have been raised about this which are being referred to the sponsor." Rationale: ------------- None. Notes to the Editor (not part of this interpretation): ------------------------------------------------------- Change: The dlerror() function need not be thread-safe. To: It is implementation-defined whether or not the dlerror() function is thread-safe. A thread-safe implementation shall return only errors that occur on the current thread. The APPLICATION USAGE on p730 24555-24560 will need changing Change from: may reside in a static buffer To: resides in a buffer that is either system wide or thread wide that may be overwritten on each call to dlerror() |
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See also bug 0000075, which modifies some of the same words. |
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When applying the change for dlerror() in the draft TC1-2008, bug 75 was also taken into account . This meant that the proposed APPLICATION USAGE text was unnecessary as bug 75 added text covering this behavior. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-29 20:14 | msbrown | New Issue | |
| 2009-06-29 20:14 | msbrown | Status | New => Under Review |
| 2009-06-29 20:14 | msbrown | Assigned To | => ajosey |
| 2009-06-29 20:14 | msbrown | Name | => Mark Brown |
| 2009-06-29 20:14 | msbrown | Organization | => IBM |
| 2009-06-29 20:14 | msbrown | Section | => dlerror |
| 2009-06-29 20:14 | msbrown | Page Number | => 730 |
| 2009-06-29 20:14 | msbrown | Line Number | => 24539 |
| 2009-06-29 20:15 | msbrown | Note Added: 0000138 | |
| 2009-06-29 20:15 | msbrown | Status | Under Review => Interpretation Required |
| 2009-06-29 20:15 | msbrown | Resolution | Open => Accepted As Marked |
| 2009-06-29 20:15 | msbrown | Final Accepted Text | => 0000097:0000138 |
| 2009-07-01 18:07 | Don Cragun | Name | Mark Brown => Peter O'Gorman |
| 2009-07-01 18:07 | Don Cragun | Organization | IBM => |
| 2009-07-01 18:07 | Don Cragun | Reporter | msbrown => pogma |
| 2009-08-06 16:30 | nick | Note Added: 0000190 | |
| 2009-08-11 16:39 | Don Cragun | Interp Status | => Pending |
| 2009-09-17 15:41 | nick | Interp Status | Pending => Proposed |
| 2009-10-12 05:50 | ajosey | Note Edited: 0000138 | |
| 2009-10-12 05:50 | ajosey | Interp Status | Proposed => Approved |
| 2010-09-20 09:28 | geoffclare | Tag Attached: tc1-2008 | |
| 2011-03-24 15:07 | eblake | Relationship added | related to 0000075 |
| 2011-03-30 09:52 | ajosey | Note Added: 0000729 | |
| 2013-04-16 13:06 | ajosey | Status | Interpretation Required => Closed |
