On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 6:54 AM Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The standard function `strerror(3)` is not thread safe. This does not > only affect the concurrent usage of libselinux itself but also with > other `strerror(3)` linked libraries. > Use the thread safe GNU extension format specifier `%m`[1]. > > libselinux already uses the GNU extension format specifier `%ms`. > > [1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Other-Output-Conversions.html > > Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Just FYI, we want libselinux to work with not only glibc but also Android's bionic and ideally other major libc implementations like musl. In this case, it appears that they all support the %m extension these days so I think this change is safe.
