src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp

rev 10311 : 8148425: strerror() function is not thread-safe
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    static void print_location(outputStream* st, intptr_t x, bool verbose = false);
    static size_t lasterror(char *buf, size_t len);
    static int get_last_error();
  
+   // Replacement for strerror().
+   // Will return the literalized version of the errno (e.g. "EINVAL" for EINVAL)
+   // for short_text = true. Will return the english description of the error
+   // (e.g. "File not found", as described in the POSIX standard, for
+   //  short_text = false. Will return "unknown" for unknown errno values,
+   //  regardless of the value of short_text.
+   // All returned strings are static constants and always valid.
+   static const char* strerror(int e, bool short_text = true);
+ 
    // Determines whether the calling process is being debugged by a user-mode debugger.
    static bool is_debugger_attached();
  
    // wait for a key press if PauseAtExit is set
    static void wait_for_keypress_at_exit(void);