[zeromq-dev] Is the zmq_strerror method threadsafe?

[Pieter Hintjens]

It is not threadsafe by definition. However if this is something you
need, feel free to change it to use strerror_r and fix the man page.
We'll have to check how this works on other platforms.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 6:43 PM, Michael Devereaux
<Michael.Devereaux at quantum.com> wrote:
> Do you consider the method zmq_strerror to be threadsafe under ZMQ 3 and ZMQ
> 4?
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> Details for my question:
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> The zmq documentation does not state that zmq_strerror is threadsafe.
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> The Zmq codebase for both Zmq 3 and Zmq 4 calls strerror, not strerror_r.
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> The Linux man page for strerror indicates that it is not guaranteed to be
> threadsafe, whereas strerror_r is guaranteed threadsafe.  But often, the
> actual code implementation for strerror *is* threadsafe.
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> Note: Our current sw configuration requires one of RedHat Linux 5,6,7 and
> SuSe Linux 11, and ZeroMQ 3.2.3.7
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> Thx,
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> Michael Devereaux
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