[Pdns-dev] Re: Bug in pdns_recursor (pdns 2.9.9)

Christof Meerwald cmeerw at web.de
Mon Jun 23 19:53:36 CEST 2003


On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:00:04 +0200, bert hubert wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 11:11:30PM +0200, Christof Meerwald wrote:
>> pdns/pdns_recursor.cc (line 47)
>>   pthread_t pthread_self(void){pthread_t tmp; return tmp;}
>> 
>> returning an uninitialized local variable is a very bad idea (and results in
>> empty lines being written to syslog).
> This function is never called - it is only a bogus function to satisfy an
> unused dependency. If it is ever called, it is a problem.

At least pdns/logger.cc calls pthread_self (and pdns_recursor.cc uses the
Logger).


bye, Christof

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