JDK-8214944 : replace strerror by os::strerror
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: 11,12
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2018-12-06
  • Updated: 2018-12-14
  • Resolved: 2018-12-07
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JDK 12
12 b24Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8146879 - Add option for handling existing log files in UL
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JDK-8148425 - strerror() function is not thread-safe
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JDK-8214976 - Warn about uses of functions replaced for portability
Relates :  
JDK-8215005 - Missing include of runtime/os.hpp in zError.cpp after JDK-8214944 breaks build without precompiled headers
Description
Hotspot still  has a few uses of the thread unsafe strerror function.
Most places where strerror has been used previously, were already replaced by  os::strerror  (using a errno_to_string  error text array).

But a few places remained and should also use  os:strerror.
Comments
Previous strerror replacement was done under JDK-8148425. The new uses in OS-specific get_mtime functions were added in a few weeks later by JDK-8146879
06-12-2018