Integrated: 8364816: GetLastError() in os_windows.cpp should not store value to errno

Anton Artemov duke at openjdk.org
Tue Sep 2 08:18:49 UTC 2025


On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:34:41 GMT, Anton Artemov <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi, please consider the following changes:
> 
> In `os_windows.cpp` in a few places results returned by `GetLastError()` are stored to `errno`. However, `errno` has no relation to `GetLastError()`, and their ranges are not the same.
> 
> Results of `GetLastError()` should be stored into variables of type `DWORD`.
> 
> The removed section in `src/hotspot/share/cds/aotClassLocation.cpp` was relying on values returned by `GetLastError()` and stored to `errno` in `os::stat()`. Though the logic was correct, these values should not be stored to `errno`. The functionality is preserved by storing a **valid** value `ENOENT` to `errno` in `os::stat()`. 
> 
> Tested in tiers 1 - 3.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 523bc779
Author:    Anton Artemov <anton.artemov at oracle.com>
Committer: Joel Sikström <jsikstro at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/523bc77981cfe82956d2176f74917c41788da6db
Stats:     36 lines in 2 files changed: 6 ins; 9 del; 21 mod

8364816: GetLastError() in os_windows.cpp should not store value to errno

Reviewed-by: dholmes, jsikstro

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26901


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