src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp

rev 10311 : 8148425: strerror() function is not thread-safe
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@@ -615,10 +615,19 @@
 
   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);