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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 19:29:59 -0500
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] set errno even if clobbered by atfork handlers
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 06:15:43PM -0600, Bobby Bingham wrote:
> If the syscall fails, errno must be set correctly for the caller.
> There's no guarantee that the handlers registered with pthread_atfork
> won't clobber errno, so we need to ensure it gets set after they are
> called.
> ---
> src/process/fork.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/process/fork.c b/src/process/fork.c
> index b96f0024..da074ae9 100644
> --- a/src/process/fork.c
> +++ b/src/process/fork.c
> @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ pid_t fork(void)
> __fork_handler(-1);
> __block_all_sigs(&set);
> #ifdef SYS_fork
> - ret = syscall(SYS_fork);
> + ret = __syscall(SYS_fork);
> #else
> - ret = syscall(SYS_clone, SIGCHLD, 0);
> + ret = __syscall(SYS_clone, SIGCHLD, 0);
> #endif
> if (!ret) {
> pthread_t self = __pthread_self();
> @@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ pid_t fork(void)
> }
> __restore_sigs(&set);
> __fork_handler(!ret);
> - return ret;
> + return __syscall_ret(ret);
> }
> --
> 2.15.0
Thanks, applying (with minor change to top line of commit message so
it's clear this is about fork).
Rich
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