[libvirt] [PATCH] util: Extract locale-related fixes into separate functions

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 01:51:41PM +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 10:45:30AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 11:42:01AM +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 09:32:07AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 10:21:32AM +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 03:49:03PM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 14:36:53 +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan at redhat.com>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >  src/util/virstring.c | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> > > > > > >  1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/src/util/virstring.c b/src/util/virstring.c
> > > > > > > index feea5be05198..6125725364f3 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/src/util/virstring.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/src/util/virstring.c
> > > > > > > @@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ virStrToLong_ullp(char const *s, char **end_ptr, int base,
> > > > > > >  #if HAVE_NEWLOCALE
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  static locale_t virLocale;
> > > > > > > +static locale_t virLocaleOld;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is not a thread local variable ...
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh. shoot, you're right.  So we need to wrap it in our struct that will
> > > > > be defined conditionally as well, or allocate it on the heap, copy it
> > > > > there and set a pointer to it as one additional parameter or make thread
> > > > > local variable, but that one will need to be a pointer to the locale, so
> > > > > we'll need to allocate it on the heap as well.  I don't like the way
> > > > > this is going.  Anyone else feel free to continue on this if you want to
> > > > > clean this up, but I like the few small conditional blocks better,
> > > > > especially since we have them in only two functions.
> > > >
> > > > Just have virLocaleSet() return the original locale to the caller, and
> > > > it can pass it back in when it reverts, avoiding any global variables.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > You cannot do that when you don't have 'locale_t', hence the
> > > complications.  Or is the existence of locale_t somehow guaranteed by
> > > gnulib?  If it is, then that's solved.
> > 
> > Just wrap it in a typedef so we don't directly expose it in headers:
> > 
> > #if HAVE_LOCALE_T
> > typedef virLocale locale_t
> > #else
> > typedef virLocale void
> > #endif
> > 
> 
> That's what I was talking about.  We need this, but also a possibility
> to return error, so this needs to be an argument... And it's way more
> code that is there right now.  I'm not saying NO to the change, I just
> that I like it like it's now (until more things need this treatment).
> So for others, feel free to propose changes as you like :)

But the current code you've proposed isn't thread safe, so it has to
change in some way surely ?

Regards,
Daniel
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