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Date:	Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:07:42 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
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To:	cygdev <cygwin-developers AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Subject:	Re: rewinddir() does not work with cygwin-1.1.5-7
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Eric,

Patch applied.

Thank you,
Corinna


efifer AT dircon DOT co DOT uk wrote:
> 
> This example bombs out in the first readdir() following
> a rewinddir():
> 
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <dirent.h>
> 
> main()
> {
>     DIR *dirp;
>     struct dirent *dp;
> 
>     dirp = opendir(".");
> 
>     while((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL)
>         printf("1: %s\n", dp->d_name);
> 
>     rewinddir(dirp);
> 
>     while((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL)
>         printf("2: %s\n", dp->d_name);
> 
>     closedir(dirp);
> }
> 
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x77f674cb in ?? ()
> (gdb) where
> #0  0x77f674cb in ?? ()
> #1  0x77f0c579 in ?? ()
> #2  0x61004910 in readdir (dir=0xa01a4e8)
>     at ../../../../winsup/cygwin/dir.cc:160
> #3  0x4010c8 in main () at readdir.c:16
> #4  0x61003617 in dll_crt0_1 () at ../../../../winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc:852
> #5  0x610038a5 in _dll_crt0 () at ../../../../winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc:927
> #6  0x610038e4 in dll_crt0 (uptr=0x0)
> at ../../../../winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc:939
> #7  0x401153 in cygwin_crt0 ()
> 
> After the Nov-9 dir.cc patch, an implicit rewind after hitting
> the end of a directory disappeared and the current rewinddir()
> code only resets __d_position = 0, if the directory handle is
> currently open.
> 
> This seems to fix the problem:
> 
> --- dir.cc-     Thu Nov  9 17:52:40 2000
> +++ dir.cc      Tue Nov 14 11:35:41 2000
> @@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ rewinddir (DIR * dir)
>      {
>        (void) FindClose (dir->__d_u.__d_data.__handle);
>        dir->__d_u.__d_data.__handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
> -      dir->__d_position = 0;
>      }
> +  dir->__d_position = 0;
>  }
> 
>  /* closedir: POSIX 5.1.2.1 */
> 
> ChangeLog:
> 
>         * dir.cc (rewinddir): Always set __d_position = 0, so next
>           call to readdir() will restart the directory scan.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric Fifer

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