Fix detection of the result type of strerror_r().

The method we've traditionally used, of redeclaring strerror_r() to
see if the compiler complains of inconsistent declarations, turns out
not to work reliably because some compilers only report a warning,
not an error.  Amazingly, this has gone undetected for years, even
though it certainly breaks our detection of whether strerror_r
succeeded.

Let's instead test whether the compiler will take the result of
strerror_r() as a switch() argument.  It's possible this won't
work universally either, but it's the best idea I could come up with
on the spur of the moment.

Back-patch of commit 751f532b9.  Buildfarm results indicate that only
icc-on-Linux actually has an issue here; perhaps the lack of field
reports indicates that people don't build PG for production that way.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/10877.1537993279@sss.pgh.pa.us
This commit is contained in:
Tom Lane 2018-09-30 16:24:56 -04:00
parent 85cc9c4e2d
commit 8b36dc588d
4 changed files with 15 additions and 17 deletions

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@ -81,23 +81,23 @@ AH_VERBATIM(GETTIMEOFDAY_1ARG_,
# PGAC_FUNC_STRERROR_R_INT
# ---------------------------
# Check if strerror_r() returns an int (SUSv3) rather than a char * (GNU libc)
# If so, define STRERROR_R_INT
# Check if strerror_r() returns int (POSIX) rather than char * (GNU libc).
# If so, define STRERROR_R_INT.
# The result is uncertain if strerror_r() isn't provided,
# but we don't much care.
AC_DEFUN([PGAC_FUNC_STRERROR_R_INT],
[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether strerror_r returns int,
pgac_cv_func_strerror_r_int,
[AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <string.h>],
[#ifndef _AIX
int strerror_r(int, char *, size_t);
#else
/* Older AIX has 'int' for the third argument so we don't test the args. */
int strerror_r();
#endif],
[char buf[100];
switch (strerror_r(1, buf, sizeof(buf)))
{ case 0: break; default: break; }
],
[pgac_cv_func_strerror_r_int=yes],
[pgac_cv_func_strerror_r_int=no])])
if test x"$pgac_cv_func_strerror_r_int" = xyes ; then
AC_DEFINE(STRERROR_R_INT, 1,
[Define to 1 if strerror_r() returns a int.])
[Define to 1 if strerror_r() returns int.])
fi
])# PGAC_FUNC_STRERROR_R_INT

10
configure vendored
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@ -13106,12 +13106,10 @@ else
int
main ()
{
#ifndef _AIX
int strerror_r(int, char *, size_t);
#else
/* Older AIX has 'int' for the third argument so we don't test the args. */
int strerror_r();
#endif
char buf[100];
switch (strerror_r(1, buf, sizeof(buf)))
{ case 0: break; default: break; }
;
return 0;
}

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@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
/* Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files. */
#undef STDC_HEADERS
/* Define to 1 if strerror_r() returns a int. */
/* Define to 1 if strerror_r() returns int. */
#undef STRERROR_R_INT
/* Define to 1 if your <sys/time.h> declares `struct tm'. */

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@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
/* Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files. */
#define STDC_HEADERS 1
/* Define to 1 if strerror_r() returns a int. */
/* Define to 1 if strerror_r() returns int. */
/* #undef STRERROR_R_INT */
/* Define to 1 if your <sys/time.h> declares `struct tm'. */