Bug 827510 - newlocale() doesn't always set errno upon failure return
Summary: newlocale() doesn't always set errno upon failure return
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: glibc
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Law
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 832516
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Reported: 2012-06-01 16:20 UTC by Tom Lane
Modified: 2016-11-24 15:37 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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: 832516 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2012-06-15 03:52:53 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Tom Lane 2012-06-01 16:20:17 UTC
Description of problem:
newlocale() neglects to set errno to an appropriate value when failing, if it has already been asked about the same incorrect locale name.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
glibc-2.14.90-24.fc16.7.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
Run this program:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <locale.h>

int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  locale_t loc;

  setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");

  errno = 0;
  loc = newlocale(LC_COLLATE_MASK | LC_CTYPE_MASK,
		  "nb_no.utf8",
		  0);
  printf("result = %p errno = %d\n", loc, errno);

  errno = 0;
  loc = newlocale(LC_COLLATE_MASK | LC_CTYPE_MASK,
		  "nb_no.utf8",
		  0);
  printf("result = %p errno = %d\n", loc, errno);

  return 0;
}

  
Actual results:
result = (nil) errno = 2
result = (nil) errno = 0

Expected results:
result = (nil) errno = 2
result = (nil) errno = 2     (or at least something other than 0)

Additional info:
The problem appears to be that newlocale relies entirely on failure of an underlying open() call to set errno for such cases.  In the case where the "decided" flag is already set, no new open() calls occur, so errno doesn't get set.

I read POSIX:2008 to require errno to be set upon failure return:

Upon failure, the newlocale() function shall return ( locale_t)0 and set errno to indicate the error.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-06-18 18:42:21 UTC
glibc-2.15-47.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/glibc-2.15-47.fc17

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-07-02 15:40:36 UTC
glibc-2.15-50.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/glibc-2.15-50.fc17

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-07-19 09:15:00 UTC
glibc-2.15-51.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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