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-rw-r--r--gdb/common/filestuff.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/common/filestuff.c b/gdb/common/filestuff.c
index 7d1a69a..d3b13e8 100644
--- a/gdb/common/filestuff.c
+++ b/gdb/common/filestuff.c
@@ -311,7 +311,13 @@ FILE *
gdb_fopen_cloexec (const char *filename, const char *opentype)
{
FILE *result = NULL;
- static int fopen_e_ever_failed;
+ /* Probe for "e" support once. But, if we can tell the operating
+ system doesn't know about close on exec mode "e" without probing,
+ skip it. E.g., the Windows runtime issues an "Invalid parameter
+ passed to C runtime function" OutputDebugString warning for
+ unknown modes. Assume that if O_CLOEXEC is zero, then "e" isn't
+ supported. */
+ static int fopen_e_ever_failed = O_CLOEXEC == 0;
if (!fopen_e_ever_failed)
{