Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > >> Now, I still twist my head around the lines:
> > > >> if ((fd = _open_osfhandle((long) h, fileFlags & O_APPEND)) < 0
> > > >> ||
> > > >> (fileFlags & (O_TEXT | O_BINARY) && (_setmode(fd, fileFlags &
> > > (O_TEXT
> > > >> | O_BINARY)) < 0)))
> > > 
> > > > Without having studied it closely, it might also highlight a bug
> > > on
> > > > failure of the second clause -- if the _setmode fails, shouldn't
> > > > _close be called instead of CloseHandle, and -1 returned?
> > > > (CloseHandle would still be called on failure of the
> > > _open_osfhandle,
> > > > obviously)
> > > 
> > > I agree that this code is both wrong and unreadable (although in
> > > practice the _setmode will probably never fail, which is why our
> > > attention hasn't been drawn to it).  Is someone going to submit a
> > > patch?  I'm hesitant to change the code myself since I'm not in a
> > > position to test it.
> > 
> > I can look at fixing that. Is it something we want to do for 8.2, or
> > wait until 8.3? If there's a hidden bug, I guess 8.2?
> 
> Magnus, is this the right fix?

Claudio sent me some small updates to the patch;  updated version
attached.

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Index: src/port/open.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/port/open.c,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -c -c -r1.15 open.c
*** src/port/open.c	24 Sep 2006 17:19:53 -0000	1.15
--- src/port/open.c	3 Oct 2006 01:16:43 -0000
***************
*** 105,113 ****
  	}
  
  	/* _open_osfhandle will, on error, set errno accordingly */
! 	if ((fd = _open_osfhandle((long) h, fileFlags & O_APPEND)) < 0 ||
! 		(fileFlags & (O_TEXT | O_BINARY) && (_setmode(fd, fileFlags & (O_TEXT | O_BINARY)) < 0)))
  		CloseHandle(h);			/* will not affect errno */
  	return fd;
  }
  
--- 105,119 ----
  	}
  
  	/* _open_osfhandle will, on error, set errno accordingly */
! 	if ((fd = _open_osfhandle((long) h, fileFlags & O_APPEND)) < 0)
  		CloseHandle(h);			/* will not affect errno */
+ 	else if (fileFlags & (O_TEXT | O_BINARY) &&
+ 		_setmode(fd, fileFlags & (O_TEXT | O_BINARY)) < 0)
+ 	{
+ 		_close(fd);
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
+ 
  	return fd;
  }
  
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