/* * errno.c * * Description: * This translation unit implements routines associated with spawning a new * thread. * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32 * Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom * Copyright(C) 1999,2005 Pthreads-win32 contributors * * Contact Email: rpj@callisto.canberra.edu.au * * The current list of contributors is contained * in the file CONTRIBUTORS included with the source * code distribution. The list can also be seen at the * following World Wide Web location: * http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/contributors.html * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library in the file COPYING.LIB; * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA */ #if defined(NEED_ERRNO) #include "pthread.h" #include "implement.h" static int reallyBad = ENOMEM; /* * Re-entrant errno. * * Each thread has it's own errno variable in pthread_t. * * The benefit of using the pthread_t structure * instead of another TSD key is TSD keys are limited * on Win32 to 64 per process. Secondly, to implement * it properly without using pthread_t you'd need * to dynamically allocate an int on starting the thread * and store it manually into TLS and then ensure that you free * it on thread termination. We get all that for free * by simply storing the errno on the pthread_t structure. * * MSVC and Mingw32 already have their own thread-safe errno. * * #if defined( _REENTRANT ) || defined( _MT ) * #define errno *_errno() * * int *_errno( void ); * #else * extern int errno; * #endif * */ int * _errno (void) { pthread_t self; int *result; if ((self = pthread_self ()).p == NULL) { /* * Yikes! unable to allocate a thread! * Throw an exception? return an error? */ result = &reallyBad; } else { result = (int *)(&self.p->exitStatus); } return (result); } /* _errno */ #endif /* (NEED_ERRNO) */