[2.25 COMMITTED] getaddrinfo: Properly set errno for NSS function lookup failure
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Mon Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT 2018
(cherry picked from commit ad816a5e00ce891a2cea8187638fa0e00f83aaf6)
2017-09-01 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
* sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c (gaih_inet): Make reporting of NSS
function lookup failures more reliable.
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c b/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c
index 798464875e..65394a37d6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c
@@ -919,13 +919,17 @@ gaih_inet (const char *name, const struct gaih_service *service,
}
else
{
+ /* Could not locate any of the lookup functions.
+ The NSS lookup code does not consistently set
+ errno, so we need to supply our own error
+ code here. The root cause could either be a
+ resource allocation failure, or a missing
+ service function in the DSO (so it should not
+ be listed in /etc/nsswitch.conf). Assume the
+ former, and return EBUSY. */
status = NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;
- /* Could not load any of the lookup functions. Indicate
- an internal error if the failure was due to a system
- error other than the file not being found. We use the
- errno from the last failed callback. */
- if (errno != 0 && errno != ENOENT)
- __set_h_errno (NETDB_INTERNAL);
+ __set_h_errno (NETDB_INTERNAL);
+ __set_errno (EBUSY);
}
}
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