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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--manual/filesys.texi3
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/readdir_r.c12
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readdir64_r.c12
4 files changed, 25 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6824fa2..181c33b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1998-03-10 19:43 Matthias Urlichs <urlichs@noris.de>
+
+ * sysdeps/unix/readdir_r.c: zero out *result on EOF.
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readdir64_r.c: Likewise.
+ * manual/filesys/texi: document this.
+
1998-03-10 10:49 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* manual/filesys.texi: Document the change below.
diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
index 3b125cd..951ae79 100644
--- a/manual/filesys.texi
+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
@@ -354,6 +354,9 @@ successfully. In this case a pointer to the result is returned in
the function returns a value indicating the error (as described for
@code{readdir}).
+If there are no more directory entries, @code{readdir_r}'s return value is
+@code{0}, and *@var{result} is set to @code{NULL}.
+
@strong{Portability Note:} On some systems, @code{readdir_r} may not
return a terminated string as the file name even if no @code{d_reclen}
element is available in @code{struct dirent} and the file name as the
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/readdir_r.c b/sysdeps/unix/readdir_r.c
index 6d70233..15a4c37 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/readdir_r.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/readdir_r.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991,92,93,94,95,96,97,98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ __readdir_r (DIR *dirp, struct dirent *entry, struct dirent **result)
if (bytes <= 0)
{
dp = NULL;
- reclen = 0;
+ /* Reclen != 0 signals that an error occurred. */
+ reclen = bytes != 0;
break;
}
dirp->size = (size_t) bytes;
@@ -93,13 +94,16 @@ __readdir_r (DIR *dirp, struct dirent *entry, struct dirent **result)
#endif
/* Skip deleted files. */
- } while (dp->d_ino == 0);
+ }
+ while (dp->d_ino == 0);
if (dp != NULL)
*result = memcpy (entry, dp, reclen);
+ else
+ *result = NULL;
__libc_lock_unlock (dirp->lock);
- return dp != NULL ? 0 : errno;
+ return dp != NULL ? 0 : reclen ? errno : 0;
}
weak_alias (__readdir_r, readdir_r)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readdir64_r.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readdir64_r.c
index 57ae4c7..5e711c4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readdir64_r.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readdir64_r.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ readdir64_r (DIR *dirp, struct dirent64 *entry, struct dirent64 **result)
if (bytes <= 0)
{
dp = NULL;
- reclen = 0;
+ /* Reclen != 0 signals that an error occurred. */
+ reclen = bytes != 0;
break;
}
dirp->size = (size_t) bytes;
@@ -96,12 +97,15 @@ readdir64_r (DIR *dirp, struct dirent64 *entry, struct dirent64 **result)
#endif
/* Skip deleted files. */
- } while (dp->d_ino == 0);
+ }
+ while (dp->d_ino == 0);
if (dp != NULL)
*result = memcpy (entry, dp, reclen);
+ else
+ *result = NULL;
__libc_lock_unlock (dirp->lock);
- return dp != NULL ? 0 : errno;
+ return dp != NULL ? 0 : reclen ? errno : 0;
}