Re: *printf_r and reentrancy

[Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn at redhat dot com>]

Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Jeff Johnston on 3/14/2007 12:17 PM:
> > A simple fix to this problem is to add a check for the fake file
> > structures in fflush (_REENT_SMALL only) and return immediately without
> > doing anything.  The CHECK_INIT macro for _REENT_SMALL should be altered
> > to use the std streams for the given reentrancy struct when reassigning
> > the file pointer.
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> Could you handle that, then, since you know more about using _REENT_SMALL?

Ok.

> > > Meanwhile, here's a patch that should be ready to apply, to fix up
> > > malloc failure with asprintf, and the followon reentrancy fix to any
> > > of the stdio files that used malloc/free via __smakebuf.  Tested by
> > > compiling and running cygwin, although it is rather hard testing
> > > malloc failure, so a double-check wouldn't hurt.
> > >
> > > 2007-03-13  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
> > >
> > >     * libc/stdio/local.h (cantwrite, FREEUB, FREELB): Make reentrant.
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> Any word on whether this patch will be applied?

Done.

-- Jeff J.

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> Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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