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[PATCH] getaddrinfo: Properly set errno for NSS function lookup failure
- From: fweimer at redhat dot com (Florian Weimer)
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:01:39 +0200
- Subject: [PATCH] getaddrinfo: Properly set errno for NSS function lookup failure
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2017-08-08 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
* sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c (gaih_inet): Make reporting of NSS
function lookup failures more reliable.
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c b/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c
index 076e1fa..eaf8baf 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c
@@ -923,13 +923,17 @@ gaih_inet (const char *name, const struct gaih_service *service,
}
else
{
+ /* Could not locate any of the lookup functions.
+ The NSS lookup code does not consistently set
+ errno, so we need to supply our own error
+ code here. The root cause could either be a
+ resource allocation failure, or a missing
+ service function in the DSO (so it should not
+ be listed in /etc/nsswitch.conf). Assume the
+ former, and return EBUSY. */
status = NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;
- /* Could not load any of the lookup functions. Indicate
- an internal error if the failure was due to a system
- error other than the file not being found. We use the
- errno from the last failed callback. */
- if (errno != 0 && errno != ENOENT)
- __set_h_errno (NETDB_INTERNAL);
+ __set_h_errno (NETDB_INTERNAL);
+ __set_errno (EBUSY);
}
}